This is an analysis of the poem The Witch Of Atlas that begins with:

Before those cruel twins whom at one birth
Incestuous Change bore to her father Time,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abababcc XcdXXcee fgfgfgdd ccgXgcbb ghghghii bgbgbXjj kiXikidX lililicc hghghgcc ememnmaa bXbgbgjj jjjjjjdd oeoeoXpp khkhkhcc gmgmgdll ngngngdd gqgqgqjj mXmrmrpp XjojoXcc cfcfcfgg bfbfbfcc Xmdmdmgg jXjijigg cececeoX odododcc snsXseeX mcdcmXjj mqmqmqbb joj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 78
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 360
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 624
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, of, her, and, through, on, with, or, it, as, she, now, for are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, on, if, to, or, the, they, of are repeated.

    The author used the same words and, the 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 them is repeated).

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