This is an analysis of the poem Anniversary Poem that begins with:

ONCE, more, dear friends, you meet beneath
A clouded sky:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaabcdccdeceecfgffgeheehfcXfcigiighahhaegeegejeejegeegckcckggggglcllcmnmmndcddcceccecdccdegeegeieeicbccbcfccfddeed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 115,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101 0101 11011101 110101101 0111 110011001 1101 001010101 111111011 0100 111101001 0111 10011111 010101001 1101 11011101 1111 11011101 11011001 1101 011101010 0101 111101010 00110111 1101 11011101 1101 010101010 10010111 1101 010100111 0101 11000111 01010111 01011 01010101 1101 11010111 01101101 01011 11110101 1101 110101001 11010111 0101 010101001 0111 11011101 01000111 0101 11010111 1101 11000101 111100001 1101 01010101 1111 11010111 110011001 11001 11111101 1101 01011101 11010001 0101 01010101 1011 01010111 01101111 0101 11010001 1101 10010101 11010101 0101 11110001 1111 01000101 01010100 0111 110101001 11110 11010101 01010101 0101 11010111 1101 11010101 11110001 0101 11110111 1111 11010100 110011001 0111 11010111 0101 11010111 01100101 1111 111001011 1111 00110111 11010111 1101 01010101 0101 010100101 01010101 10001 11111101 1111 11110101 110010101 0111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3311
  • Average number of words per stanza: 614
  • Amount of lines: 115
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase ours connects the lines.

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