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

Nobody says: Ah, that is the place
Where chanced, in the hollow of years ago,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacbc deedfef ghhgihi jkkjiki
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111001 11000100001 110011101 010010101 010011111 1011 11111 11111111 0011011010010 11011001110 0010011101 011101111 011110 1111 11110111 01100110101 01110111 11011101 1100110111 11100 00101 11100111 111110111 1010110101 10101101001 0101010011 10101 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 242
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; of, she are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word nobody at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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