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

Universes are the pages
Of that book whose words are ages;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb aaaa ccdd eeff fffX gggg XFHH iiii ffdd hhjj ccdd ffaa XFHH
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 01111110 0111100 1000100 11100010 10111010 01100101 1011101 10101110 10100110 1110101 1010101 10101110 10101010 1110101 10001101 10101010 111000010 1110101 1011100 10001010 10011010 100101001 1010101 01110110 101110110 0010011 0011111 11110110 0101010 10111100 1010101 11101110 11111110 10011101 1011101 11101110 101010010 1111001 1010011 11111010 10111110 1010111 1111111 10101011 11101110 1110101 1011101 01110110 101110110 0010011 0011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; and, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word of is repeated.

    The author used the same words there, he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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