This is an analysis of the poem Catacombs And Encrypted Crypts that begins with:

Lurching to cast shadows upon the past.
With stealth approaches seeking, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXb bcde bdaae bXaXcXdeacd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001110101 0101010 11010011101 011011001 101000101101 1110111 0111010010 10101010101001 1010110111 01001 1001010101 101 10101110 11010011011 110110101 001010101 10100111001 01111010010 11010110101 1010011100010 11 101001001101 01111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to is repeated.

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