This is an analysis of the poem Intaglio - Frank Denz that begins with:
In the roar of the storm, in the wild bitter voice of the tempest-whipped sea,
The cry of my darling, my child, comes ever and ever to me;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccded ffdd ggdd hhee cchh hhbb aaff ccaa iidd ddhh eeii bbhhXaadd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 001001001101001011 0101101111011001 11110101111101001 11101001001111011 01011001001111111 001011001101001011 01001001101001001 11101001 001101111 1101111101001011 001111111101011001 11101001101101001 1101101101001011 00100110101001001 0100110111101001 1110101111011001 10100100111001001 001111001111101101 101001011001001101 1101100111111001 0111110101101001 11111101111011101 0101101111001111 0101100111001101 11001101101001101 001001011101001001 01101011101111101 01111101001101101 111101001101101001 11011011101011001 11111100111001111 01011101101101001 1110101111111001 1111101111011001 1111111101001001 111100111001101 1100100111011001 11111101001011001 1110101111011011 1110101101101001 11111001001001011 01101111001111001 11011101001001001 00100101111001001 001111011111011001 0110101111011111 001001001001001011 1101100111111011 1100100101001001 1111101111101001 1100101111011101 1101100101111001 1111110101001111 10101100111111001 1111101101101001 11101111111101101 0101101101011111
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 299
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 57
- Average number of symbols per line: 68 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 14
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, my, in, i, his, by, to, would are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, i are repeated.
The author used the same words in, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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