This is an analysis of the poem The Voice From Over Yonder that begins with:
“Did she care as much as I did
When our paths of Fate divided?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbccb ddXcbXeeb ffbbaXab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,9,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01111110 11101010 101111000 0110111 10101010 10101010 101010101010101 11101010 11111100 11101110 01101010 0110101 10111111 10100110 10100010 101010101010101 10001010 100101110 10011111 1010011 11101110 101110100 11101010 101010101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 295
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, to, say are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word there at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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