This is an analysis of the poem The Shadow And The Light that begins with:
The fourteen centuries fall away
Between us and the Afric saint,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab caca dede bfbf bcbc gfgf Xchc bbbb icic jgjg ckck lXle lclc fcfc lala cmcm lalX haha mbXb Xgbg nfnf ococ fafa pmpm
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 011100101 01110101 11011101 01010011101 110101010 01111101 110110010 1101011101 110010111 01110101 01110101 0011010101 01011101 01011101 11011111 1011010101 01010101 010101001 01010101 11001010111 11110111 11011100 11110101 1111100111 01010100 01011101 11010111 1101000101 11010011 11110101 11010011 1001111111 11011101 01010101 01010101 01010100101 110001001 01010111 11011111 0111010111 110010001 10010101 01100001 11110010101 11110101 11111010 11011101 0101010100 11110101 10010101 11011101 1101110101 11100111 11010111 11110101 1001100101 11101101 11110001 11001001010 0111100101 11000101 11110101 100111000 01010101001 01100100 11010101 11000111 1101010111 11011101 11011011 11011111 1101011101 11110101 11011111 111111010 11011111001 11111111 11111101 01100101 11101100101 11011101 01011101 01100111 0111010101 11011101 11011101 01010111 01100010111 11100111 01011101 11010101 1111010101 11011111 01111101 11011101 01001011101
- Amount of stanzas: 24
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 96
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; and, that, of, nor are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, his, and, all are repeated.
The author used the same words no, that, shine at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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