This is an analysis of the poem Introit : Vi. The Great that begins with:

This way in power the great went by.
Hark to the echoes throbbing still!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaa bcbb dXdd cecc feff aXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010100111 10010101 10010101 11011111 101101011 11110011 10010001 010110101 01110101 01100101 10010011 01011111 1011101111 11101010101 01010101 11011111 01011101 0110110100 111100101 0111100101 01111101 01110101 011101011 110011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; gold, great, our, this, not, perhaps, way are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hark, the, perhaps are repeated.

    The author used the same word this at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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