This is an analysis of the poem Golyer that begins with:

Ef the way a man lights out of this world
Helps fix his heft for the other sp'ere, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbc debbe fgeeg fXbba egfhX hagga ijiiX kXggX gcjjc edbbd eXllX kcbbc aajXja
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1010111001 110110101 110111101 0110101001 1111111 101111101 101110111 1101111011 1111010101 11011101 11111011101 11011101111 11001101001 111101101001 11111011 111100101 110010110010 11101101111 11100001001 10100101 101111001101 01111111011 11110111011 111101001011 111110110 1100101101 111111111 1011011111 110110101 1100101 10010100111 110101001 10101111111 11101001001 01110110 011100111 10111011110 1111101011 1100100101 111001001 1100111011 1110110111 0110110101 1110100101 1101101 100100111 110111011 1110110101 11100010101 1101001 0100110111 1111110110 100110111111 10110111101 00101010 1011101111 110101111 110101110 11101011101 11001101 1110110110001 1111100101 1111111011 1111101010 111011101011 11100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of Golyer;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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