This is an analysis of the poem Indian Dancer that begins with:
EYES ravished with rapture, celestially panting, what passionate bosoms aflaming with fire
Drink deep of the hush of the hyacinth heavens that...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb dada
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100010100010110010100010 11001001011011001001001 111100010110110011010010 11001001011001001001001 01011011001011001011101 11110011001001001111001 11001001011011001001001 11001011101011011001011 110110110110110110010110 110010111110110010010010 110111110010110011010010 1100010100010110010100010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 374
- Average number of words per stanza: 60
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 80 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, with, and, now are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word now is repeated.
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