This is an analysis of the poem The Forsaken Merman that begins with:
Come, dear children, let us away;
Down and away below!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbaaaA bcbXdd eeaAaXc ededeaa FaagghhiijjeeaaaaF FaaaaggaaaaXkXaF eeaaeeggkkkkddeXllddd eaeMaageXgMjgjadadaeaXd eemendXdXgngganX cbcbjimikXjakejeeanX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,6,7,7,18,16,21,23,16,20,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101101 110101 11101001 1011101 1011101 1011101 11111001 1011101 0101 1010111 111 0011101 100100 1010101 11100101 1010101 1010101 1011101 0101 1011101 01110111 100100 11101011 111 11110111 10101110101 111 101111111 101101 10110101 110111001 0010111 1011101 011100101 1110111 1011101 10111011 10111001 1011111 100101101 1011111 11111001 1111101 1110101 10111011 1010101 10110101 10110101 11111101 1110111 10111001001 10101101 11011111001 1110100111 1111110111 1111101101 00101110101 1010100111 11111111101 111111101 111111001110 11111101001 10110101 10101101 1111001011 1101110111 1011111101001 1110110101 1011100111 1010111111 00101110101 001101001111 11101001101 11101101101 1111010101101 1110101101 100111111 111111101 0111001011 111111001 1010100101 11011101 10110111 10111111 111 1001001 1110100101 101100 11111111 10101101001 10110110101 101111 1011001 111101 101100 10101001 1010111 11001011101 11001101 10111001 1101101 1101101 0010101 1011010 0111 101110010100 10100101 1010110 11011 011110 11001 1010010 11101 1010110 01011 1111011 01111 010010 01001 1011010 11011 1011110 01001 110111 11011 111011 101111 111110 01101 111110 1010101 10110010 101101 1010111 01111 1010011 101101 1011011 11111 1011011 11001 1110110 01001
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 492
- Average number of words per stanza: 95
- Amount of lines: 143
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; where, and, she, we, come, down, for, when are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words now, call, where, children, she, come, down, for, and, a, when, up, at are repeated.
The author used the same word children at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines yesterday, more are repeated).
The poet repeated the same words yesterday, ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases down, she connect the lines.
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