This is an analysis of the poem Mater Tenebrarum that begins with:
In the endless nights, from my bed, where sleepless in anguish I lie,
I startle the stillness and gloom with a bitter and strong cry: ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccddefe aaXgg hhii ccaajjXiiffaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,7,5,4,13,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 0010101111001011 110010110010111 1110101111011001 11101011001001011 11101011110011 11111101101001 11111011001011 101001001111111 11011001011001 11010010111 01001101 0010101111001011 111010100101101 111110110110 01101 1100101010011001 111001001101011 11000100110111 10101010010101 0110101011101101 1011010011011111 00101010111100101 0010111111001011 110010100101101 1100111110101 1101101111101 1011111001101 11110101001011 11101001010101 11110011101101 010011101101111 11111011001010100
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 315
- Average number of words per stanza: 59
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, and, come, thou, her, no, this are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words one, no are repeated.
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