This is an analysis of the poem On A Plateau Leaving that begins with:
On a plateau leaving...
Are those who stood by to warn, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbXcdeX AcdcXe ACcABcACcAA ACcABcACcAAdACcAcXcAAACcAA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,11,26,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100110 1111101 110 10101 1001010100 1101 011010101 100110 111101 010100 11101001 1000101 1011001 100110 11001101 1 100110 111100001101 1 100110 11001101 1 100110 100110 100110 11001101 1 100110 111100001101 1 100110 11001101 1 100110 100110 1 100110 11001101 1 100110 10011001 1 100110 100110 100110 11001101 1 100110 100110
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; on, plateau, leaving are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word on is repeated.
The author used the same word on 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 leaving is repeated).
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