This is an analysis of the poem Second Best that begins with:
Here in the dark, O heart;
Alone with the enduring Earth, and Night,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabaaXbccddeXdbdb fXefgagXag eehahaeceeec
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,10,12,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 100111 0100010111 11010111010 11001011101 0011011101 1111010100 11011010 11111100101 10011010011 10111111111 0111011111 11011111 110 1110001011010 11011111110 1111110 11011111010 1101111111 1111011101 1111001101 10111101100 1101010101 11110010101 110001111 1001010 1111110101 1101 11010100101 1101010001 0111010111 1111010101 1101111101 1101011101 01011101010 1001010101 10110111010 110110101010 01110110110 110011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 566
- Average number of words per stanza: 96
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, all are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word death is repeated.
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