This is an analysis of the poem They Are All Gone Into The World Of Light that begins with:

1 They are all gone into the world of light!
2 And I alone sit ling'ring here;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab acXc dede dcfc agag hihi ejej kbkb lfld lmlm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111000101 111011101 11101000111 1111111 10111001101 111011101 11111010101 1100101 111010011010 111110111 111111111110 11100101 11101110100 11101001 11111111101 1010111 11101010001 110111001 11100110111 1111111 11111111111 111100101 11111111101 1100101 11111001101 110011111 11111011101 1100101 10010010001 101011111 11101110111 1111101 11100010111 101010101 110111000101 1001100 11001111111 110101111 11101111011 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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