This is an analysis of the poem Nemesis that begins with:
Through the ghoul-guarded gateways of slumber,
Past the wan-mooned abysses of night, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABABB cdcdd cecee efefef egegg Xhehh aiaii ejeXj ihihh bdbddXABABB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,6,5,5,5,5,5,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011011010 1011010001 11110110110 111011011 1110111011101001001 1110011010 101101001 1110110110 101101011 1110110010011011011 11101010110 101001101 1010110010 111001001 001001001011001101 1111011010 001010001 1011010110 111111011 1110011011111110 01 1110111010 111011001 1110011010 111001101 10111111111101101 1110110110 111010001 1011010010 101001101 110100010111001001 11100100010 101001101 1010110110 01001101 101011101011001011 1110010010 111101001 1011010010 101011111 101101001001101011 1111010110 01011101 1110110110 11111011 111010110101101101 111010110 11001001 1010010110 111001001 10100111001010001 1011011010 1011010001 11110110110 111011011 1110111011101001001
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; i, without, that, and, have, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, where, that, and, at 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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- summary of Nemesis;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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