This is an analysis of the poem God's Signalman that begins with:
Well, no, I 'm not superstitious, — at least, I don't call it that, —
But when some one spins a creepy yarn I don't deny it flat,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddeebb ffbbgg eehhbb ddccii ggaXcX ffbXXa ccaXaa iifXjj kkbbdXdXccddbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1110110101111101 111110101110101 101110110010001 01010101110101 10111101010101 11010100011001 11010111111101 111101010100101 111010101111001 100010100010101 111010101110111 111110101011101 11011101110101 11111111010101 11111101110101 11010100010001 110011101111011 01010101011101 11111011110100 11110101011100 11110101110101 11111101010001 11010101110101 101110101110101 01010101010001 111010111011111 1010011101010101 101001101110111 1101011010101 100110111111101 101001111011101 101111011111101 11010101111101 1101010100111111 11010011011111 11011101111111 11011101011101 11110111011101 01111101011101 101001101010101 01010101011110 1010101001110001 1101011101010101 101000101010101 11010100010101 111110111010110 11011100010001 101011101010001 111100101111101 001011101010111 11010101110111 1110111111010110 11011101010101 01011101110101 11010111110101 11010111010101 01010111110111 01110101010101 01111101110101 1110100101 010111 1110010101100101 1111010111111111 10100101001010101 1010100101110111 11110110111101101 1011111101110111
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 368
- Average number of words per stanza: 71
- Amount of lines: 67
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (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; i, that, to, and, as, ', in, we are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, and are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word night at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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