This is an analysis of the poem Time has plunged me into an ocean of pain and woe that begins with:
Time has plunged me into an ocean of pain and woe,
Parted me with my sun-faced; all is dark wherever I go....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccXbddeebbaaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1111001100111 101011110101011 110110101101011 1001101111101111 011011111111001 111111111001111 111110101101100 1101110100100101 1100101101101101 11100101010101101 11011011011101001 011100101110101 1101110100111011 110010100111011 110001111101001 1111010101111 101111010011011001 11111011011011001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1049
- Average number of words per stanza: 208
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me, i, and, has are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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