This is an analysis of the poem Candles that begins with:

Light these candles.
Rise, light these candles....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aAbaa ccdA bXdA baXA cXXA XXXA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110 11110 1001 11001 1111110 11011011 1111011 1110101 11110 100111010 1101101 1110100101 11110 11010001 01010101 10111111011 11110 10100101110001 1001001010 0010100010 11110 111100010100 111011010101001 110000101 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • 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; these is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word may is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines candles is repeated).

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

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