This is an analysis of the poem Memories Of The Pacific Coast that begins with:

I know a land, I, too,
Where warm keen incense on the sea-wind blows,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eeee bfbf dgdg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110111 1110110111 1101010111 1011010001 100101 1011110101 1101110111 1110011101 1001001 1001111111 1011011011 0101110111 1101 1011010001 1101010101 1011010101 111011 111101011001 1001110111 1111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; of, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase home connects the lines.

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