This is an analysis of the poem The Flight Of The Goddess that begins with:
A man should live in a garret aloof,
And have few friends, and go poorly clad,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBAB cbcb dede fgfg eeee hchc gege cicX bibi iXiX chch ieieXaBAB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0111001001 111111101 01111001001 010101011 0111110101 111111101 010101111 111101011 0101101101 01010100101 0101010101 101010010110 11101001 010101111 101100101 10010111 10011101 110101010 110110101 11110100101 11111001 10101111 11101111 101011101 1101101001 10011101 110110111 1111101101 111111101 10010101 10010110 1011011010 1010111111 101110111 110010101 10101111 1111101001 1111111010 1101101111 1010010101 1111111011 1111101111 011100011 111110101 11101101001 10110101010 1101011011 100100101 10111001001 111111101 01111001001 010101011
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, thou, she are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i 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 literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase flown connects the lines.
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