This is an analysis of the poem Doom And She that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bccbc X dXada X cddcX X beebe a fggfX a hgghg X fiifX X jhhjh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 110101 110101 100101 11110001 111011 11 100111 100100 100101 11010101 100101 1 110101 1101001 1011101 11101101 101101 1 110111 111111 110111 101100011 11101 1 100000101 101101 1100001 111110101 10111000 1 101001101 1011101 111111 11110101 111101 1 1010101 111111 110101 01011111 1101110 1 110001001 110101 11111101 11111101 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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

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