This is an analysis of the poem Thunderbolt that begins with:
I am the result of a thunderbolt,
That struck and stayed bold....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABAb ABAB bXXXcd AEAC ABAB AAb AEAC FF ABAB FFABAB BABAAA dAAA XXXAAA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,4,4,3,4,2,4,6,6,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100100101 11111 1110100101 01101101 000100101 11111 1110100101 011011011 11010111 1110111 1111111 110010 10011 110110 111111101 111011 00100101 00101101 1100100101 11111 010100101 011011011 1100100101 010100101 10010111 111111101 111011 00100101 00101101 1110101 10110101 000100101 11111 010100101 011011011 1110101 10110101 1100100101 11111 1100100101 011011011 101101101 1100100101 101101101 1110100101 010100101 1110100101 10110011 1100100101 1100100101 1100100101 1110010 111000 1110100101 1110100101 1110100101
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; thunderbolt, that, i, i'm, result, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i'm, i are repeated.
The author used the same words i, there 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 thunderbolt is repeated).
The poet repeated the same words bold, thunderbolt at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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