This is an analysis of the poem The Everlasting Battle that begins with:
WHEN in my shadowy hours I pierce the hidden heart of hopes and fears,
They change into immortal joys or end in immemorial tears. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101100101101010111 11000101110101001 1001010110010101 01011000101010001 11110010111010101 1101010111010101 1111010110110101 1111010101010101 10010101110101001 1101000111010111 1111010111010100 1101010111110101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 268
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 67 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, of, and, my, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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