This is an analysis of the poem Passing Away that begins with:
THE SPIRIT of beautiful faces,
The light on the forehead of Love,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdD ededededD fgfgadXDD fhfhididD ajXjjdjdDXadadadaDD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,19,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010010010 01101001 1010110010 101101011 111011010 11001001 110111110 101001001 1001 101110110 11101101 110110110 101001001 110110010 01001011 011010010 111011001 1001 0010011010 01011011 111010110 11101001 011111010 01011011 110010100 11001001 1001 1110110010 111101011 110010010 11001011 110110010 01001101 110010010 01001001 1001 110110010 01101101 1010011000 01101011 110010110 11001101 111010010 001111001 1001 101010010 01101011 111110010 11011001 110110010 01011111 0011010110 11001001 1001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 298
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, these are repeated.
The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines away is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word away at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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