This is an analysis of the poem Romance Moderne that begins with:

Tracks of rain and light linger in
the spongy greens of a nature whose ...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcadefbg hciiXh jdbbbbkd lemkaajhlnl XgjhoXfaXeh liXfbbdbcXXehXmefX infpkbXbi fkbih ggbkm abbbpbdhohoo bfoafXdhkci
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,6,8,11,11,18,9,5,5,12,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111100 010100101 100101010 1010001 10001010101 1111011010111001 1001110 10100101010 1 10101 01101100 101111111 01011101 010100100 01101011 11010110 01101101 1001111 0011001 11101001 11010100 0111110100 010101010 111110010 010111101010 011000101 110101111 111111 100110001 1010111 111111 1100100100 10111110 101010010010 1101010 0101101 100111 01110111 010011 011011011 11100111010 10001010 1111100 0001111 11010101 111101100 111101011 10110010 010101010 0111001010 110110 10110101 101011011 01011001010 01011011 101011 1010010 101011 1001101 111111111 0100010111 01001111100 00111 110 0100011010 0011010010 111001110101 0010111 11111001 01010100 11111 001001000 101001001 010101000 10100101 1100100 01001000010001 110101110 111111 1101011111 11011101 0101101 1111011 1110011111 0110111110 1001111 10110101 111010 001110101 1100101 101101111 1111010 1110111 1101111 10010010 101100010 0010101101 111110101 1001010010 1001000110 111010101 111101011 11101011 001110110 001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 339
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 105
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, two, childhood, in, rain, you, and, counter are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, a, i, rain, it's are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines us, or are repeated).

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

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