This is an analysis of the poem The Owlet that begins with:
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When dusk is drowned in drowsy dreams,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a baabaaabb CcbbcCC X dbbdbbbdd CcbbcCC X effeXffee CceXcCC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,9,7,1,9,7,1,9,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 11010101 11010111 11011111 10110111 010111 10011101 0101 010011111 0101 100100111 1110111 00101 1111 110101 111 100100111 1 11110111 110101001 11111101 110101001 011111 10010101 0101 010011101 01001 100100111 1100101 10101 00111 1011101 111 100100111 1 111101001 11010111 11010101 11111111 011101 110010101 0101 01110101 1101 100100111 1100101 01010 001110 110111 111 100100111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 51
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; who, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word who is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines cry, screams, cries, fright, hoots, fear are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase who connects the lines.
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