This is an analysis of the poem Laughter And Tears Ix that begins with:
As the Sun withdrew his rays from the garden, and the moon threw cushioned beams upon the flowers, I sat under the trees pondering upon the phenomena...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a X b c c c X d X b X X X d a X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010100101011101010101110011000100100001011010101011110110100101101111001001010100010010011000010 101110010110101011010101001011010011011111101100101100110011111001101 1011010100010110111010111010110011111100001001100101010010101 1010101001011110100110100010001110101001110001001101101011001101 1010101011011010 10101000110101101011001110110111011011010011001000010011011010010100100101010010101111011 1011101110101000 00101110101101101011010100111101011101010100011110101011010001 100101011001011110010101001010011 111100001100101010011101101111110101110110111110100111101110101 1001100011011010011001010101101110101110111100111110100100010101101111101111011111010100100100011111100010001001010010010100010101101110011101101101101101100101001 101010010111110111010110011010101101011101010011000 01101000101011010100010100110010110111000 1101010100011011010101101 110110010101010010001000011100110110101100010110101100100101011100110011100010101101001010010000100 001011010101011001010100001101010111010111
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 245 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 44
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, i, my, your, upon, be, in, for, you, to, our, love, that, by are repeated.
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