This is an analysis of the poem On Dancing Shadows that begins with:
When do we heal?
And just how do we start to begin, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abbcde ba fcebeXb XdXAfc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,2,7,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111 111111001 0010001 10001000100 0001 0100010010 11 111 101101 0011 001 1101 0110001 0111001 1101010101 11011 010101 1111 11111 100111011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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