This is an analysis of the poem From the Diary that begins with:
My ear is shocked by every noise,
My eye - by light of sun or fire,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb cdad XXac X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,1,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110111001 111101110 11010101 1011111010 00111111 01010001 1001011 01011111 1101111 010110110 01111101 011101010 0101110100101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 13
- 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; my, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words my, to are repeated.
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