This is an analysis of the poem I Stood Musing In A Black World that begins with:
I stood musing in a black world,
Not knowing where to direct my feet. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcXdXeXfaX bXCgdbaedbX XXadXbcfCgbXXdX baX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,15,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11100011 110100111 11101101 10100 101010 0100010 1100 1011111110 01010101 0101010 101100 11100 11001110100 010001 010100101 10101 101011 11010 1001 11010 010 101100 10111 111000 11011 0101010 011111 01111 111101 11000011 010001 110100101 111111101 111001 10110111110 010101010 101100 110100110 11 10110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 281
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, fool are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, and, the are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word there at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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