This is an analysis of the poem Recompense: (For Lord Kilhacken) that begins with:
That which I saved I lost
And that I lost I found,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd bebe fefe caca bbbbXbbbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111 111111 1111110101 110101 111101 110101 0101110011 111001 010111 101111 1111111101 110111 111101 010011 0111010101 100111 110101 011101 1101110111 110101 001111 011011 1011010101 110111 111111 011001 1101010001 110011
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; i, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, to are repeated.
The author used the same word that at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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