This is an analysis of the poem Four Points In A Life that begins with:

I
LOVE'S DAWN...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a b cddceffegddghcchXiidjeXjaa X X AjjbbbB AkkbbbB AffhhhB AXelllB AhhmmmB Aiidddb X i Cdcd gdgd bdbd cgcg jdjd alal Cdccd X g edXdgg hchcff iXiejj ilXlan ndndnn ididoo ogogXjXjbjbaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,26,1,1,7,7,7,7,7,7,1,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,1,1,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11 1111100101 0100110001 1101011101 1111011101 0101110111 1111011101 0111110111 0100010101 1111000111 11110011101 0011010111 10011100111 10010010011 1001100001 10001100111 11011111111 11101111110 00010101110 10111111110 11110101010 0101111101 11001100110 11010100110 1011010111 0101011001 0101110111 1 10 1011101 10111010 11111010 1111101 1000101 1111111 1101 1011101 11101111 11111011 1110001 1011111 1111101 1101 1011101 101010010 111010110 0011111 1110111 1110101 1101 1011101 10101110 01010010 1011111 11101001 11011101 1101 1011101 10101110 11101010 0110011 0010001 1111101 1101 1011101 11111110 001110010 1110101 1110111 1111111 1101 1 10 1110111 1011111 1110101 1011101 1100101 1110101 1010111 1010001 1100101 10010101 1111101 1111101 1100101 10111001 1110111 1011111 11100111 10010101 1010111 1111101 1011011 1110101 1010111 1111011 1110111 1011111 1011101 1010111 0110101 1 111 00010101010 1111111101 11000111110 10101110101 1101010111 1011000101 11111101010 1101011111 11110001010 0101010011 10010010101 0111000101 1011110010110 01110111000 11010111010 1101110001 010010100101 1100110101 01010101010 1111000101 10001101000 0101010101 1001110110 100110000100 010010101010 1111111111 11110100110 01001110111 01010101010 01011101010 10110111110 0111011101 01010101010 1001011101 110111110010 11011101010 111101010010 0101111111 11010110110 0100001101 10010101000 0111011111 10010111010 0011011111 01011101010 1011011101 1011111111 1111110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 31
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 159
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; i, and, my, come, me, never, more are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words come, few at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines love is repeated).

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

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