This is an analysis of the poem Song Of Man Xxv that begins with:

I was here from the moment of the
Beginning, and here I am still. And ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBcD bbee fgXfh fibe iegaf jaiX aabb kkhjl helXX XABBcD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,5,4,5,4,4,5,5,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001000 010111111 110110101 0011101 100111010 11010011 1000111 10101001 1111000100 110100010 11001010 111101001010 11110100100 1100 1111110100110 11010001001010 1100101010100 1111110000100 1110010101 110010010 110101001 111001010 1011001010 101000100110 101000100100 11100100101 1111101 11010010100 110010000100 1111101 1110111 110101001010 1101001001010 11010011100 1110111010 011100111 1101111010 110011110110 0101110111 1011110100 101011010111 111001000 010111111 110110101 0011101 100111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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, here, of, my, but, heart are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, my are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines and is repeated).

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