This is an analysis of the poem To Eva Descending The Stair that begins with:
Clocks cry: stillness is a lie, my dear;
The wheels revolve, the universe keeps running....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbA abA abA abA abAXabAA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111000111 01010101110 111010101 0101110001 11010110010 111000111 1001011011 101010001010 111010101 101110101 01010101110 111000111 10010100001 11010001010 111010101 1001010101 010010100010 111000111 111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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