This is an analysis of the poem In Black that begins with:
The image that haunts me is not beautiful.
I do not think it will open into a field...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXb Xbcd Xcdb Xada cXae cXaa XXcbe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01011101100 111100100001 011111001 1100101001010 0010110101 010100001001 0110111 01011101110 001101001110 10011110110 10001011010 1111011111 011101100 0111110110 111110111100 1010100110101 01011011101 11110101001 11010010110 0100101010 0111101110 11010010111 11110010110 0101110110 100111001 01111001 111010011110 1100101001101 00101100110
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; of, my, who are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same words it, this at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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