This is an analysis of the poem The Bow And The Strings that begins with:

How dark and heavy’s the delirium’s embrace!
How they’re turbid under moon – the heights!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXb bbbc dada beae ebee ebec X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11110010001 111010101 01100111100 110101101 1111110011 011101011 110001011 1111010101 1101011001 1111110111 111101001 1011001101 0111100111 1111010101 11001011111 101110011 111010101 11001110001 111100011 0100110101 011110111 0101010101 110110111 1011000101 01011101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words how, the are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word pain at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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