This is an analysis of the poem The Golden Island: Arran From Ayr that begins with:

DEEP set in distant seas it lies;
The morning vapors float and fall, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab XcXc caXa dede dbdb fcfc fgfgafafXfbfb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010101 01010111 01010101 11111101 10111110 01111111 11010101 10100111 11110111 11011111 101101110 01010101 11010001 11011111 10111101 11111101 10110101 11101101 10111111 010000101 11110111 11010111 01010001 01010101 01011111 11110111 11010101 01111001 11000101 11010101 111000101 01110101 01110101 11111101 10011011 11000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, o, he are repeated.

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