This is an analysis of the poem Who Is This that begins with:
I came out alone on my way to my tryst.
But who is this that follows me in the silent dark? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aX a bb XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,2,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101111011 1100110100101 1101001010110111 110110010010 11011010011110 1011101111111 111010101100100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 91
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 7
- Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word he is repeated.
The author used the same words i, he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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