This is an analysis of the poem Error And Loss that begins with:

Upon an eve I sat me down and wept,
Because the world to me seemed nowise good;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcc deXeXff dfdffaa gdgddhh iaiaajj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0111111111 0101011100 110100111 0101110101 11000010011 1110010101 1001111101 1111010011 1110110111 11110111000 0111011101 0100110111 1111110101 1111010101 1110111101 0001111111 1111111101 1101011101 1001011101 0111111101 0111111111 1111110111 0101110101 0111011101 1111110101 11111100111 1101110111 1111111101 0111110111 1111110011 1011000101 1101110101 1111011101 1101010111 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 300
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, me, and, she, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, yet are repeated.

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