This is an analysis of the poem The Words Of The Candle that begins with:

Here among you have I risen,
And aflame am I now blazing,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdefaegfbehfehffbbicjikljmXbXknmogmmkdocelchlfjnajbohfclXoceoobakmfbcjen
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 74,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111110 10111110 10101011 11111011 10111010 00110010 10111010 11101010 11011110 01100110 10101010 101011010 001011110 10100010 01101010 10111010 11111110 11111110 00101010 00101010 01111110 11101001 10101011 11101110 10001111 11101010 10111011 11111110 101110100 11111110 11111110 01111111 11101001 11110010 11111010 11111110 01111110 10001010 010001111 10100110 01010010 01111111 01111010 11101010 100111011 101010010 10111110 10100110 00111011 10101110 00001010 11101111 10101010 10111110 10011011 11111010 10111011 11101110 111111000 11101010 10111100 111110110 00110010 00101010 10111010 11101010 10001111 11101110 00101111 10111010 11111011 11111011 10101010 1010010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2464
  • Average number of words per stanza: 474
  • Amount of lines: 74
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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, love, if, all, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, if, all are repeated.

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  • summary of The Words Of The Candle;
  • central theme;
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