This is an analysis of the poem The Watcher On The Tower that begins with:
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xa b a c B d A E B c A D XA B A f B d A E B f A D XA B A b B d A E B b A D XA b B bd A b AXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 01001 1001110 010010 1100 010 0111010111 1001 0101 010 1101010 10010 0101010111 1 1001 1001110 10010 1010 010 1001110111 1001 0101 010 11010010 10010 0101010111 1 1001 1001110 10010 0010 010 1101010101 1001 0101 010 0101110 10010 0101010111 1 1001 1111110 010 1110 0101011111 1001 01111101110 10010 0111011111
- Amount of stanzas: 44
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 25
- Average number of words per stanza: 5
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; of, night are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same word the 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 watcher is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word watcher at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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