This is an analysis of the poem Times Of Revealing that begins with:

There's a tramp of feet in the silent street,
A cry on the midnight air;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb cded faaa geae caaa ecfc hiXi Xghg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1010100101 0110111 1110110111 1111101 1010110101 0100101 1010110101 1010101 1011111111 0110101 1101101111 11101101 1111110101 0111101 1010101111 1101101 1011110111 1101011 1111101101 1010111 1010111101 0110001 1011110011 01100101 1010101111 001110110 1010110101 11001010 110111010 0101111 1110111111 11101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; her, in, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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