This is an analysis of the poem South Of My Days that begins with:

South of my days' circle, part of my blood's country,
rises that tableland, high delicate outline...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcddXbc Xefbcfa cghibgfid hXbeiiX jfXjcgeaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,9,7,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110101110 101100110011 01011010010 1111011010010 11101001110 11101010010110 1010110100110 10110100110 1101110110001 10111010110 10011010100001110011011100101010 101101010101 01011110001001010 1000010110101 1000110011110 10111000010 11101101010 1011101110110 10110101011 00100100110111 111011100010 01011111011 1001011010010 1001001101011 1100100100010 10101101011 1011101111011101 10101011010101 111101110111 101110101101 101111010111010110111 1111110 11100010101001 1110101101101 110110111001 1110010101110 110100 101110 1101010101110 1011011110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 425
  • Average number of words per stanza: 80
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, in, to, i are repeated.

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

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