This is an analysis of the poem Ceremony For Any Beginning that begins with:
Against weather, and the random
Harpies—mood, circumstance, the laws...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabcdca XaXeaea bbebdXb eaddaXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01101010 10110101 00100110 01000111 10111001 100100101 01010100010 11101100 101101110 1101110101 11000101 1000101010 011000111 11001011 1001101 110011 01110101 01000011 11111011 10001001 10001110101 101000111 010111001 1111011 10011101 11010010 01011111 1011011001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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 is repeated.
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