This is an analysis of the poem Father And Mother that begins with:
I'm sitting in my lonely room,
But for no hastening step I wait:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbcc XaXdaee bfcfgg gbXbhhXagdgff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001101 111100111 10110111 10110001 11011101 11011111 11010101 11111111 11111101 11011111 1 11010001 01101011 11011101 10110011 11011111 11111101 10110101 11110111 11110111 11110111 11011101 01111111 110010101 00110101 11011101 11010110 01010101 11110111 11010111 10110101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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, and, to 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.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.
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