This is an analysis of the poem There Is A Backlash Passing that begins with:

There is a backlash passing,
As if an eclipse comes to uncover....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCD ecfe ABCD XgXXXefcg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001110 1010110010 010100100 10101110010 10110101 0011010 100101010 1010010001 1001110 1010110010 010100100 10101110010 101100 0011101 10011101101 110001000100 000010010100 1010101 1101110 0010111000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; it is repeated.

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  • history of its creation;
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