This is an analysis of the poem Ignorant Before The Heavens Of My Life that begins with:

Ignorant before the heavens of my life,
I stand and gaze in wonder. Oh the vastness...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXXaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001010011 11110101010 00111010111 101100111110 1001111010 1101111111 1011011101 1000101000101 01011111110 0101010101 100100100011 1001011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 517
  • Average number of words per stanza: 97
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

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