This is an analysis of the poem Stream Of Life that begins with:

The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day
runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xa bXa bX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0110111111111 110111001010 000111101101001 0100101 11001100101110 0001110100101001 10101101 11111110010100101 1110001101010011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, of, through, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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