This is an analysis of the poem Supernatural Songs that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcdebfXcXeghidjbekcghlmdbbifXfiXiideeeXeebeneldabaXleeeebbnnXdbbiiabbbhjjhbbibbiiieeeedXkcckaaooioeXmabXmaXnpbcbbfnlphpXnaaffbbXXnneiXXibbbbeeiihmbbeeaaaaiiXXbhbhlnlnbcbcii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 174,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 110101110 01111100111 0101111111 11011110001 01110101001 1101110011 011101111 1111111111 1100010101 011111111 1 0100110101 10000110111 0111011101 1011011101 1101110101 10101010001 1101011101 1001110101 01000010101 11010100011 01010001101 1101011100 1000110111 1101110101 1100110011 1111010111 1001010101 1101001101 1 101010 101101001101 01110010011010 10101 111100110100101 100110100001111 1 111111010010111 0111 110111001100 101 111101010111 101010011011 1010101 110010101011 101 010110010100 1111010110111 111011 11011101111 111 1 10100 1101110111 1011111111 0101001111 1100001111 1111101001001 1111111101 11001110101 11010101101 1 1 11010111 11010111 110100101 110101001 1 10101010010 1111111100 0001110101 1101001100 1101001101 0101011101 0101101111 1111110101 1001110111 0101010101 01001001111 1111111111 1111011101 1101010111 0101010101 01001011111 1001010101 1100111101 1001110101 1101111001 0100110100 1111010101 1111011101 1111011101 1111100111 1 111 101101 11101 11011 01111 111111 111 111011 11111 010111 010111 101010 0111 1 1101 1110010111010 1 01001010101011 101 10110010101 11010101010110 1 111111110010 10111001 10010111110 1 1 1111 0100010111 11011011001 1101110101 10011000101 01010010111 100111101 01001010101 1001110010 1101011111 0111111101 1101010101 1101010111 10 1 011001 1010101 11010101 1110001 1001101 1110001 0111101 1011101 11011111 1 010 01001101 1010101 01010111 11010101 1 0101 1011101 1100101 1111111 01011101 1 10 100000100101 10011001001 110101011101 1101010101 100110010100 1001010101111 000101000100 1011011011 10011101100 10001100101 1111110101 1101110101 1111011011 0101010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 5883
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1073
  • Amount of lines: 174
  • 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; what, of, as, but, in, godhead, there, all, soul, god, she, he, i, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words godhead, there, how, the, ravening are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines light, godhead, up are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases there, it connect the lines.

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