This is an analysis of the poem Songs From An Evil Wood that begins with:

I.
There is no wrath in the stars,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaca dece acfc Xfcf fgfg hede ijej dcXc Xbccc kflf bcbX ikdk fmlm Xgaha dhbhXeaba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,5,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1011001 1111001 1100101 11111001 111111 1101011 1011001 111111 1111101 11101001 111101 0110101 01101 100111 111101 1101101 101101 1111010 111101 1011010 1010101 011001 10111001 111101 1010001 10101001 10101001 1101001 1110101 111001011 1011101 100101 1 111001 0111001 1100101 101101 101111 10111011 10111001 101110 0101001 1111001 1101101 1111110 101010001 1101001 011111 1001101 10100111 100101 11001001 10101001 1 11010010 00110101 1001010 1111111 11111011 00100101 111110010 111111 11100111 01001001 11111010 1101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 67
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; she, and, in, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, they, chirrup, i are repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase why connects the lines.

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