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

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab acaac dedde dfddf Xb ggee eeff hhddXhhbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,5,5,5,2,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 10 010100101 1010101 0111011011 111010101 1100101 1111101011 101010001 010100101 010010111 1011101 110110101 00101001 101101101 11111101 110111 1 10 1110010011 11101101010101 11111101110011 101010100010101 11001101101 11101010101111 101110101010111 101110100011111 11101010001 01110100010101 1110110101110101 101011111010111 0110110111 111110101010111 10010101111010 11101010100101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; and, on are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of Cadences;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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