This is an analysis of the poem One Train May Hide Another that begins with:
In a poem, one line may hide another line,
As at a crossing, one train may hide another train....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcdaefXfagfhdfXijfafkkaXalahebaacmhaXcnhflgghXXiagjbmlcednfXXdhinffabccm
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 74,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 001011110101 1101011110101 100111001 01101011101 1100110111111 101111011 100101110 00100110101010 11111001010101 101010011111010 11011101101 01101011101001 1111001010010 11101010101010 11110101110101011 01010001011101010 1011010101111101001 111110101101011110100 10011 1101001010110111010 110111011 1010110101010011010 11011010101010011011 110101 1110101110001 1010110101010 11001001010010101 110101010010111001010 101011010010 1101101011101011 111111111000010 1111010111010111 11010101100101001 1101011101010101010 1010100011101111111 1110101111011111 0010101010100101 010101001110 01110101001001 10101011010010 0100011010111110101 010 1101011111110 1010001010111010 010101101001011110101 1011 11101101001111010 01011000111101010 11010011010010 11111010101111100 10010 101111011011 0100110100100 11101010101 11111101111101 010111011100 100101011011000101 0010010100101010010 0101010101 111101101001 00010101010 1101110001011001010 1010110010011111 110101110111 111010101001 10100111110101110 1001 01111110110010 11101010101110 110110011011011 110101010111 11100101111110110 10010 01101101001110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 3944
- Average number of words per stanza: 729
- Amount of lines: 74
- 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; one, you, to, of, another, may, hide, as, and, there, daughter, hides, love are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words one, may are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines bath, love are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase one connects the lines.
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