This is an analysis of the poem Tola Mahone that begins with:

It was when my hand was galvanic,
In the days that had wings and have flown, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a ba bc bC B d bd bd ed e d fd fd fd f Xf Xf df df b gb gh hh hc bCXB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,2,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011111010 001111111 101110110 10101010 101010010 0111010 1110010110 10001001 110110110 111001101 111010110 0101010 111011010 11001001 0101011110 01001011 110011110 1111011 11111111110 11111000 10110110 1111100 1110100010 11001001 111010100 11001011 1101000110 01011001 111110010 11111001 110111110 11110101 1111011010 11101101 111110010 1111011 1010010 101001 1010110110 11101101 01010010 1101010 1110010110 10001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 26
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 56
  • Average number of words per stanza: 11
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, never, to, gifts are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words through, and, gifts are repeated.

    The author used the same words and, my, gifts at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word her at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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