This is an analysis of the poem Mariana In The South that begins with:
With one black shadow at its feet,
The house thro' all the level shines,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababaccaddDX ededcddcdXDX afafgXXgdXdX XaaadggddddX hchciaaidddX eXeXCffXdddX fCfXiaaidddX jfjXabbadddX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01111101 01110101 110000101 11000101 01110101 11010101 11010101 01011111 110100111 110100111 110011100101 0101011100 11010101 01110101 11010101 01010101 01111101 11000101 01010101 01010101 110100101 1000101110 110011100101 0101011100 11010111 001101001 11010111 01110101 010100111 011011010 11010101 01010001 1000101101 1010101110 110011101101 1101011100 11111111 11011101 11010101 11011101 11111101 11110101 11010101 110100101 11010101 110011111 1110100101 101010100 10110101 11111111 11010001 11010101 11111111 01011101 11010001 11010101 11000101 11011111 1010111101 101011100 11000101 11010001 110001110101 0101000110 11010101 01100111 101110101 1001110000 1010101101 101011101 000100101 0101011100 10100101 11010101 01000111 10110011100 11010101 01010101 11010001 01111001 110101101 11010101 111111101 0101011100 11010101 11011001 10010111 11010100 11010101 11010101 110010101 101010101 11011101 11111111 111100101 0101011100
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 527
- Average number of words per stanza: 78
- Amount of lines: 96
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, nor, would, she, to, night, day are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, nor, she, the are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word forlorn at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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