This is an analysis of the poem Rise, O Days that begins with:

RISE, O days, from your fathomless deeps, till you loftier, fiercer
sweep!... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbcdXbXeaedXcdbdfbg bfgeXhfibjeXkXXeiclXmj mehcXkhhbkliXeXkbchemeeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,22,24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110110011110010 1 111110001010101011 1 1110100111101010 110010101111111 010011010 10100100101001011101 111011101101 110101001001 1101111100111010 11011011011 100110111010111111 11001 10010010101010010 1001011101011011 0101111100101 11111101110101 101100 101001001100011 1101111111010100 11111001010111 11011101101001 11110011011011011 1101011111010010 1011010111010101 1001101100111101 00100 10101111101100 1011 10101100110110110 10110010110011 10110100010110110 01010010010011010 011100 111111101001111 1010101111010 101101010010110 10010 1010001001011111 0111100101 1010111111011101 00100100010 10111010010101 111110110111110 110010011111110 110100100110101 100 111111011011110 1101 111010101011101 011 01000010111001110100 101 01011111010111100 100100011 100100100110100110 100 1011100101110010 1100101001101010111 101 111110111101011110 111001101110110 010 11100111111101001 11011101001010101 1110101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1281
  • Average number of words per stanza: 201
  • Amount of lines: 69
  • Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, as, to, what, how, o, my, hungering, have are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, now, how are repeated.

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