This is an analysis of the poem Poncé De Léon that begins with:

By a black wharf I stood lately,
When the night was at its noon;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb defe ghch Xigi gjbj jfDF fhgh aeXe XfDF
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111110 1011101 10101010 1010111 11101010 1010111 00110011 1010101 10101110 1010111 10111110 1011101 10101010 1010101 10101010 1010101 10001010 1110111 11101 1110111 11011011 1101111 10101010 1010001 10101010 1100101 10101010 1011101 1111110 1010001 11111101 1110101 10111010 1011101 10101010 1010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; her, i, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, black, not, take, for, these are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).

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