This is an analysis of the poem That Dark Dweller In Braj that begins with:

That dark Dweller in Braj
Is my only refuge. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabbXaXXXcXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001 011010 11010 101001010 1111001 11100101001110 110101 01010 10101011 111000110101 101010010100 1111101001 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 389
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; my is repeated.

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