This is an analysis of the poem The Sheik Of Sinai In 1830 that begins with:

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'Lift me without the tent, I say,-...

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  • Rhyme scheme: a abXbXcdedefX X gcXXhahghgiX X gajkiggjjjkX X iglgeaijgjgX a mijijjjamajX a edjdgahckclX X XijiXeiabace X fjijgincgcjX X beXeXagjgjncccgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11010111 111100 11010011 000101 0100110 1111101 11010111 110101 01000101 0101001 11110101 110010 1 01110001 111001 11110100 1101010 01010001 010101 11000101 010101 100110010 010101 01000101 011101 1 10010101 010101 11010001 0010100 10010101 110101 01010101 010011 1110010 0110111 110101010 10101 1 111101101 010101 0110010 1010101 01010111 110101 11111101 111101 11010101 010101 0111010 1110100 1 110010101 010111 01110101 110101 01010101 010001 01010101 111111 11010111 110011 0101110 00100101 1 11010001 011001 11011101 110101 0111101 110001 11010111 010001 11010100 010101 11110101 0111000 1 1101011 110111 11010100 110101 11110111 1100101 111111101 110101 01010101 111001 01111101 100101 1 11010111 010101 11010001 010111 11111101 111101 11111111 010100 11010011 010101 111010 1110111 1 01110101 111001 0110010 100101 110100101 111111 11 0 111 0 1 010101 11010101 010101 11110111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 129
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; their, and, his are repeated.

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

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