This is an analysis of the poem Hong-Kong Lyrics that begins with:
I
AT anchor in that harbour of the island,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbcdedefgfhfgfgididXXjhjXdgdXgdbdibgbgadabdddikikgaXabdiXXXXgigicbcbaXag
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 74,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 11001100010 0011 11110101110 0111 110101001110 0101 11011101010 1111 11111101110 1011 01110101110 0111 110111010110 1101 11010111010 1101 11011101110 1111 11111111110 1111 1 101001110 1111001 11111110 11101101 001010010 0010111 01001010 1010101 1 1111010 10111 01011101 11101 1111110 100101 0111010 011101 1011110 110001 1110110 111011 010010100 110101 101010100 1111011 01110010 110111 011010010 0111001 11111010 110111 10101111 110101 1011110 1110011 010010110 111100 1 1010 100101010110111 10010111 1101010 01010101 10010010 11111100 010111 01110100 010001 11010101 110101 110110001 010001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2196
- Average number of words per stanza: 404
- Amount of lines: 74
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that, i, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word in is repeated.
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