This is an analysis of the poem Under Arcturus that begins with:
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“I BELT the morn with ribboned mist;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbc dede Xdede dfdf adaX XXaX Xgdgd hbhX idid iaia Xdjdj cjcj klkl
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,5,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,5,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1 110101001 010011101 11010101 11000101 11010101 10011111 11110111 01011111 1 01110101 10011111 11100101 11010111 01011101 01110101 01010111 0101101 11110101 010110101 11010111 01010101 110110 01010101 11011111 11110101 1 11110111 11010101 11110101 11000100 11010101 11010111 01110101 111111100 10110111 01111111 11011101 01110101 11010101 11101101 11100101 110010101 1 01010101 11011101 10011101 01110101 11010101 11110111 100100101 01010101 11111101 01111101 01010101 11111111
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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; i, with, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, is, and are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.
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