This is an analysis of the poem Mirage that begins with:

He closed his eyes, yet still could see
The leprous hills loom thirstily;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbcc aaddbb bbbbee ccffcc bbggXh iiXaee iijjXe bbggkk iihhll iXhhhi XlllXX iXXmmi XlllXX lliibb bbeenn iiaabbXggffbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 01011100 010100101 01011101 010001001 01011111 11111001 10010111 11111101 11110111 11110111 01011111 11101111 11110111 10100111 10110101 01010101 11110001 11010101 11010101 11010101 11110101 110100101 10010101 11111101 11010101 1001101101 11111101 1001100 11111101 01011101 10010111 11010010 10011001 110111001 110001001 01010101 11111101 11010001 11110101 11011100 01011111 11110101 11010101 11000101 10010001 010001010 101101010 11111101 11011011 11110111 10010011 01111101 01110111 101011011 01000100 01001111 01010101 01110111 110111 000100 010101010 11101010 010101010 10100100 110100 10011111 11010100 11010101 11110101 10010101 110111 000100 100101010 010101010 110101010 110100 1100100 01010111 01011101 11010101 01010101 10100111 10001001 10010111 11110111 11111101 01011101 11110101 01110101 01111101 01110101 11010111 00110101 11111111 11000111 11101101 01011101 10111101 10110101 1110111111 01011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 102
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, her, roussillon are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, of, and, he, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word now 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 roussillon is repeated).

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  • summary of Mirage;
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  • history of its creation;
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