This is an analysis of the poem Kéramos that begins with:

Turn, turn, my wheel? Turn round and round
Without a pause, without a sound: ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabaaab cbcaabdaeeaafbfbbaabagga hhbiiib jjgffgfkflklbbgXgkgggiimmmm iaiaffimikbmmggggkggk nnbfffb aXaaXagg mmeegbbggaakkaaff ffiigkkgk mmbaaab lliijffjffcfcbdXg gggfgfogogffX ppkiifkffggXgiijoXojgaggjppoop iipmmpiiiibbijjiq rrpgppkgkfggfX jjggaakX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,24,7,27,21,7,8,17,9,7,17,13,30,17,14,19,7,17,13,12,7,12,12,12,12,7,12,14,18,20,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111 01010101 11010101 01110111 10010011 111101101 111101 11010101 010100111 110010101 01011111 11010111 11111100 010100100 11001101 010100010 0101110010 10010101 010001111 11110101 10110001 11010101 11011101 11010101 11010101 11111101 110010101 11000101 11010111 10010101 100100101 11111111 01010101 10101111 01010101 01110101 01011101 010001 11010111 11110100 010011001 01010011 11010111 11000101 11010101 01010101 01000101 01011101 11010101 11010101 11001100 010000111 01010111 010111000 01100101 010111001 001011101 10110101 01110101 11011101 11011101 01011101 11011101 01011111 11011101 11001101 01010101 01010101 11000101 110011101 01000101 01110101 10010101 11000101 11010101 11010101 11010111 01011101 11100101 01000101 01010101 01110100 01000101 1100010010 110101110 11010111 11111101 11011101 11010101 01110111 01100101 01111111 1101101 11010111 01110100 11010111 01100111 010101010 10110101 11111101 010010111 10000101 01010011 001101010 010101010 110001101 11110101 01110101 11010101 010101011 11100111 11110111 01000101 11010111 11011101 010001001 11010111 01010001 11000111 10110001 11010101 01000001 01000101 11010101 11010111 11100101 11010101 11110101 01110111 11000101 11011111 11110101 01110101 110011 11010101 10011101 0101001 01011101 01011001 11010101 01010101 11011101 11010001 01010011 11110101 11010011 11010101 11010101 00010100 1100101000 10110001 01000101 01010101 010101010 10110111 110011010 11000101 11011111 01010101 010010001 01110101 11110111 00110101 1010100 10100111 01001101 01010111 01110101 01010101 01010101 10000101 10010101 01000101 11101001 01111101 0100011000 011111011 01111101 01011111 01010111 01010101 010101100 100100111 100101001 01111111 01010111 10111101 010101001 01010101 10010001 01011111 100100101 01110101 10010011 01010001 01110101 10010101 11010101 01011101 11110001 11000101 11001111 11101101 11011101 10110101 10110011 11110101 01011011 01000111 11001101 11110101 10010101 110101001 10110101 101111001 11111001 100111001 11010101 01100101 01010101 10110101 110101010 111100010 10011011 10010101 10110001 01001111 11011001 11010101 11100101 01010101 10111101 010000101 10100101 01001101 10111111 11001111 10110101 01000101 01000101 10000101 11010001 11010001 11011100 111110101 01110001 01110111 01010111 01010111 01010111 010101 11011101 110101001 11011101 011001001 10110011 010011101 01011101 01001101 11100101 11011101 10011101 11110101 10011101 110000010 11011111 10110101 11000111 01011101 010011101 01001101 0101001100 001001001 110100101 11010101 10010101 01011100 11011101 01010111 11010111 11011000 11110011 10010100 10110101 10010001 01010111 01010101 100110001 01001001 110101001 11011111 101010111 11000101 11110101 0100101001 01010110 11010011 11001111 11011111 110011 1010110111 1010110100 11111101 010010001 11111101 01010111 01011101 11010011 01001101 01010111 11010101 011100110 11100101 1011001001 11010101 11011111 10010101 01010001 110011101 11010111 010010101 11010001 11110101 11000101 11010111 01110111 01100101 10001101 01010111 10110101 01000101 11010001 11010011 01101100 11010101 11010111 11011001 0100100111 110000101 01110100 010000101 11010111 110011101 100101001 10110001 01011101 11010101 010010101 11111010 11111101 010000101 01001101 01011101 11010101 110101 10110101 01000101 011110111 01010101 10110101 11011111 01000010 11110111 110100111 11010101 01110111 11010011 101101101 10011111 01110001 011101101 01010011 011100111 01011111 01010111 11011101 01011101 01010101 11010101 01011101 01010101 10010101 01010111 01000101 01110101 100101000 10110101 00010101 10010101 10010101 10010101 11010101 11011100 01001100 11010111 11011101 11110101 01011111 11010111 11111101 10110101 11011101 11010101 110010111 011001001 010101001 01011101 01010111 10010101 11001100 11010101 11111111 01000101 11010101 01101111 01010001 11110101 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 31
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 471
  • Average number of words per stanza: 81
  • Amount of lines: 429
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; turn, and, to, land, his, it, with, of, their, o'er, her, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, this, what, above, a, o'er, to are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase art connects the lines.

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