This is an analysis of the poem Rhomboidal Dirge that begins with:
Ah me!
Am I the swain... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbabccddbbeaeA afafccaagXhaXa ieiecchhjjkiki dldlggccmmadcd lXlcddggbbblbl AdadnnbboolalA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,14,14,14,14,14,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11 1101 110101 01011101 1101111101 100101011101 11111111010110 101110001110101 1111110110001 1111110101 11011101 111100 1101 11 11 1101 110111 11001111 11010111010 0101011001010 1110101010101 110101001110101 111101111101 11111101000 11111011 10111 11110 11 11 1101 111101 01110111 1111101101 01011111111 11101101000101 1101010011011 111111010101 1111010111 11110101 111101 0111 11 11 1101 111101 11110101 1101110101 110101111101 11111111011101 01010101110101 110111110101 1011010101 111100101 110011 11101 11 01 11000 110011 011101010 1111110011 110101010111 1111110011101 10010101011001 111111010101 1101110101 11110101 111111 11001 01 11 1111 110101 11010101 1101010001 110101010101 111101111101001 11011101010101 110101011101 01001011101 100011101 010111 1111 11
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 487
- Average number of words per stanza: 89
- Amount of lines: 84
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, her, my, you, with, i, of, so are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
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