This is an analysis of the poem Lines that begins with:
DAY gradual fades, in evening gray,
Its last faint beam hath fled, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefeded
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110010101 011111 11010101 010101 110011101 1101001 11011101 111001 11001001001 011101 11010111 110101 11011001 110101 11010101 0100101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 267
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, so are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word so is repeated.
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