This is an analysis of the poem Thick Is The Darkness that begins with:
Thick is the darkness -
Sunward, O, sunward!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb XcXcXbaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010 10110 10011 10110 11010 10011 10111 10111 10110 10011 10011 10011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 85
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; us is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines us is repeated).
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