This is an analysis of the poem Phantasmagoria Canto Vi ( Dyscomfyture ) that begins with:
As one who strives a hill to climb,
Who never climbed before:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaab cdccd ddddd efeef ghggh idiid jajja kXkkk gbggb dedXX cXccX aXaXX jkjjk hihhi hehhe lellX ahaXh ddXdd cXccX lXllg dedde fkffk hbhhX dhdXh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11110101 110101 11000101 110010101 110101 11011001 111001 11010101 11110101 011101 11111111 0100111 11110001 01011100 110111 11011101 110101 110000101 01001001 111101 11011101 110101 01010101 10011101 110101 11110101 010001 110101001 01010100 111111 11010101 011101 11010101 11010111 001100 010100101 010001100 11010101 01010001 110111 111010011 110101 11011101 10010011 110101 101011101 11111100 01000101 110101010 111010100 1000100101 110111 11011110 111111011 11101110 1010110101 0111110 10101110101 01011000100100 101110100 01110101 1101010 101011111 110011001 1101010 1011101111 0101010 11011001 11010101 0101010 1010111101 010101 101110001 11110101 110101 101110101 010111 1011010011 101010101 11111100 101010101 1101010 110101011 0100111100 1100010 101010101 011111 111101110 10101110101 100101 101001101 0101110 011100011 101001011 1111010 101110111 1111010 01110011 11111101 110101 101110101 111101 111101001 11100101 111101 101111101 1011110 11010001 11010111 1111010 101000111 011101 10110111 01000101 1111110 100110101 011101 11010101 011101010 011111
- Amount of stanzas: 24
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 120
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; who, tibbs, as, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words who, to, and are repeated.
The author used the same word who at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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