This is an analysis of the poem Dirge Of The Dead Sisters that begins with:
Who recalls the twilight and the ranged tents in order
(Violet peaks uplifted through the crystal evening air?)... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cded ccfc agag Xece Xdhd fcXc heXe ecXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010111011010 10011001010101 1010101010101010 101000100010111 11101010100110 1110101010011 1110101010010 1111101110101 10101010101011 1010101010101 1011111010100010 101000101010001 10100110101010 10100101010111 11101010101010 1111101111111 10101110101100 1011101010101 1010101010101010 101000101110100 10111001110010 1111111110011 10101010111010 1011100110101 101010101001010 1010101010101 101010010101111100 101000101010011 10101000101110 1011100011101 10110011100110 1010101110101 11111011111010 1110101010101 01111010111010 0111101010111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 236
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, now, when are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, now, when are repeated.
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