This is an analysis of the poem Yeah Mahn that begins with:
Guided by the light.
Guided by the light....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAXa ABaBACDB AAXA aBaBACDB BBAAXA aBabACDB ABABACDBXABABAaCDB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,4,8,6,8,18,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101 10101 1110101 110101 111100101 1111 11110101 1111 111100101 111 1101 11101 10101 10101 10101000 110101 11100101 1111 111110101 1111 111100101 111 1101 11101 11 11 10101 10101 1110101 110101 1100101 1111 101010100 10101 111100101 111 1101 11101 1010101 11 1010100 11 111100101 111 1101 11101 1010101 11 1010100 11 111100101 0010100 111 1101 11101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 55
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; guided, by, light, bit are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words guided, yeah, and are repeated.
The author used the same word giving 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 light, mahn are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word gone at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Yeah Mahn;
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