This is an analysis of the poem Space And Dread And The Dark that begins with:

Space and dread and the dark -
Over a livid stretch of sky... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcdefghbgX feXfibagXh ecgdjXg gkgdkji
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,10,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 111101 10010101 11010101001 01010100 100101 01010101001 10010100 0111110001 1001010100 1001 0110001 001101 1111000 10010001 100100101 1101001 01010011 0100010001 11010001 0100010011 10110101111 0101010100 111101 10010101010 1111 10110001 00010101 110100100 11110001 11110101 110101010 0101010011 100101001 110111 00010101 0010100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 294
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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, life are repeated.

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

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