This is an analysis of the poem Lines: that begins with:
I stooped from star-bright regions, where
Thou canst not enter even in prayer;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeff eegg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101 111101001 11011111 0101001 11011101 01010001 01011111 11111111 11010111 11110111 11111001 11010110 11111111 11110001 11010111 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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