This is an analysis of the poem Crystal Gazer that begins with:

Gerd sits spindle-shaped in her dark tent,
Lean face gone tawn with seasons ,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXabb cdeced bfabaX gXagaX bfhbhf fijfji gcigic ffkfkf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 111010011 1111010 111001000 10110111 010111000101 1011010 1100101011 11010111 1111010 11111011111 100101101110 101101 11110101 10110001 110101 110001101 011011101 10111 11011111 1101001111 01100111 1101011111111 110110111 10110100 11111101 1100110110 010110100 011010111 101011110110 0100110110110 1011010111 010111100010 11010010101 1110111 11011101 01110010 01110111 11110011 100111101 11011101 110100100101 1011111 11110101 11010111 100010101 1110100101 11001010101 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; ' is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Crystal Gazer;
  • central theme;
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