This is an analysis of the poem The Pagan World that begins with:
In his cool hall, with haggard eyes,
The Roman noble lay;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab caca Xddd cece fbfb XXcX cdcd dede gaga hdhdXgdgd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00110101 010101 110101001 0101001 11011111 1101010 110011101 00100010 01010110 0010101 01010111 110111 01110101 010101 11010101 110101 11110101 010101 010011101 110101 11111110 110101 01010111 110011 110001001 011101 11011101 110101 11010101 110101 01010101 1001001 11011101 010111 11011101 110100 10011101 110101 11010101 010001 11010001 110001 11111101 010111
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; to, she, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, she are repeated.
The author used the same words the, she at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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