This is an analysis of the poem Dana that begins with:

I AM the tender voice calling “Away,”
Whispering between the beatings of the heart, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdbXeXfdggcbaXehXXXhbcXfhbbaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 31,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101011001 10001010001 1101000101 11111001101 10001110100 11010001001 1101111101 10000110010 1100110111 11110100101 1001111101 0101001111 1101110011 1001101101 1111010101 11110010101 1011000101 1101011111 0111010100 1001110111 0101011111 1001101101 1111111111 1101110101 0101001101 1110011101 10010100111 10010110010 0101011101 1001001111 101000101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1382
  • Average number of words per stanza: 239
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, and, in, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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