This is an analysis of the poem The Dove Of Dacca that begins with:
The freed dove flew to the Rajah's tower—
Fled from the slaughter of Moslem kings—... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBXCb deXCe fdfcX gdgCd hdhCd igiCg ehech aBXbCb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 0111001010 100100101 10111001001 111101 1011001111 01001011001 1100100101 0101011110 111101 1001001001 1001001101 100101111 00100101111 00100100101 1101001010 01001101001 0100101101 101011101 1010110101 1100110101 1100111101 10010101 1100101101 111101 101110101 010101101 100100101 011100101 1010110101 1100110111 0100101111 101110111 11101011101 101010101 100100101 1011001010 100100101 1011001001 11011101101 111101 1001001001
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; dove, if, she are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, she are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word wall at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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