This is an analysis of the poem O I Saw Witchcraft Tonight that begins with:

O I saw witchcraft tonight
in the region of Braj....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcdXXdXbabXcXdaX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 001001 01011001 01101 11010011 1110100 1110110000 11011011 01101 001011 010010 00100110 1101 1010 1010110 110 011111 11 0101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; dark, one, of are repeated.

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

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