This is an analysis of the poem Song Of Myself, XXXIII that begins with:

Space and Time! now I see it is true, what I guess'd at,
What I guess'd when I loaf'd on the grass,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcd bbe XcbbffgXhcibaiigajXiXiiiecajfbkbcbchfXcXbheblmdnialiiehiihcoXpdbphqaahflohciialddi ae hb hq lq k XanliocelXXnb ic iiobhkraieem ieabo ieeibb bes eqXiX jlbi an ae iis hbriXm cpX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,82,2,2,2,2,1,13,2,12,5,6,3,5,4,2,2,3,6,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110011111 1111110101 11111101011 101111011001010010 11110111111011 110101110100 11010110 1010100010011100100 010100110101111001 10110111010101101001010010 110110100100110 110110111011101010 10101011101101101110001010 1010110101101101001011 1010100011011010 101101011110101011001011 10010101001010101100100111 10011110010111010010 1001010010011011001001101 100111110101101001 100101001101011001 10101011100110111101 1001100111101001 10101001011011 1011001011101111101 101110010011110011 11011101100100110011 1011100101100 1001111110100010 111011010100100 01001011010011001 1011010100110001111010001 10110110111011011100101 101110011101000 1011111011001 1010011101110010 1011101010110 11100101101101101 101110110100100 01001011011010 10010010010101101100 010110101101111 01011101011111001011 1110001010100101101010 10101100100111001101 1101010101101111 11011010110110 1010110010101011 1011100111011110101110010 101010010100110100110101001 1010111111011 111111010010011010 1101011010100110111 101011010100111010110 10101110111101101 111110110010111011 11110010011010111 11001010011001010 110110110111001 1010110100100111110111 1010101101011 10100101001101111001 1100101100010101 101111011101001 100100101000110101101 10010110010100111 1001010111010 1001001111010111000 1001001000111 10010100101001001100010110 1001011001101100100101110111 1000110101111001110110101 11111101011110010 10100101111101111101001 1001001000101001101001 10100110101010010010 101001110101000010 100010010101010 10000101110110110 101111100110011 1010111011111101011 1001101000100101111 101110110101 100101010110111001000101010 100110010101101 1000101110011100010 100101010100 1011001011010 1111111 11001001111010 111100101111001 1111001011001 11101010010 111100100110100 11111111011 110111010110 1100010001011110101 11101011011010011011001001011 10100100 11111110011 1101010010101 10110111011010010 0010100111111001000101010 0111010010111110010 1101011101011110001 110010110001011011110 11110010101111010 01110101011101010001 11010101101010100 110111011100111 11001101111 11001101101001 11111011011 1101011010 0100011111 101010101100100111110011101 1110111111111110111001 110110101000110 1101 111000110011111101 11101010011 10111010111000101011 101011101010110111001 1011001011010011 1101110111 001110010 01001011011011010101 0101110011101111001 0101111001110110111010 111111 11010111101001 1101101111011011 11010011111001011 1110111 010110101011 1110111110001001011 100110110010 1111010101111110101010 11110011111101101 11011001110 10011010101 111101011010101110 110101011110 11101011100111 1100110111001010111 1010111010111010 111001010011011101101 010110010010 10110101 1110101110101110111 1111100011011010 11101 010110010 0100101010 01011001010010 111111101 011010101111 01000101010011 101010100101010001 010011011011101 0101111101001 0110010110100110001001 111011111001 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 535
  • Average number of words per stanza: 97
  • Amount of lines: 164
  • Average number of symbols per line: 68 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, what, guess'd, my, of, where, on, his, over, and, or, upon, at, with, pleas'd, through, as, to, speeding, look, we, not, how, it, again are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, i, where, over, upon, at, through, pleas'd, speeding, the, we, how, again are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase again connects the lines.

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