This is an analysis of the poem Introit : Iv. O Star Of Death -- Mortalem Vitam Mors Cum Immortalis Ademit that begins with:
The earth in its darkness spinning
Is a sign from the gate of horn ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababaaXccad cefcef ghghgbgbiiii Heehbbebfafbfaf eeXjaejdX geiedff bhihiibcciibbbbakkaaaklggl mmlhhlXHeeh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,6,12,15,9,7,26,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01001010 00100101 001101010 000111 1100110 01001110 10101000 00101001 1001101 11001010 110101 0100111 1011001 10101011 11101001 00101111 1011111 101001 00111001 00101101 11100111 11000101 10110101 1011101 11011001 1011111 1011111 1111111 1111101 1100101 10100101 11110111 0111001 01001101001 10110101101 1100101101 110111011111 00100110110110010 010101010 00111011 11000111 111100100 10101010 10011011010 0111000101 100010011 10001000 1101000111 01010101010 0101111111 010010010101 1011000110 101011000 11000101 01011111 11000101 11011101 01111101 01011101 11001001 1101111111 10101001 11011101 0100100111 1010111 1010101 1111111 0011001 1010101 1010001 0011001 1001111 1011111 1010101 1010101 10101110 1111111 1110101 01110010 10111010 10110010 1011111 1001111 1011101 0011101 1010001 1101110111 1101001111 1101010111 110100011 011101011 0111110101001 1100101 11110101 101111101 0010111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 372
- Average number of words per stanza: 73
- Amount of lines: 96
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; of, and, to, that, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, to, my are repeated.
The author used the same words the, o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines dies is repeated).
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- central theme;
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