This is an analysis of the poem Six hours of chastity that begins with:

The day dies abruptly.
Nalayani, most chaste of womankind,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X Xab acc dec aXe Xdc ebX efd X Xff c Cacc CdbcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,1,3,1,4,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011010 1000110100 1001010010 0010010001 110001000101 11110001001 1000100101001 11011010010010 0100111011010 11110101010101 010111001101001 1111011000100100 1000110110011 110100111001 11011101110010 101010011110101 0101101111101 0001010111111 0111111111001 001010001011001 010101010101 11111001010 10001110010010100 00101001101101 1000110011010000 11100101001010 101010001001001 11111001001 01010111010 11111100010 11001111101 11111001001 1101110110 101111111 01101000100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; she, of, and, as, on, he are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words she, six 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 night is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word night at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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