This is an analysis of the poem Super Flumina Babylonis that begins with:
By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept,
Remembering thee,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb caca dede fgfg aeaX hihi hfhf hihi hfhf hihi jhjh hbhb keke elel eheh ieie mdmd ndnd mimi ekek eeee Xhjh dddd dhdh abab fefe elel Xhhh fhkX eXej oaoa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010010111111 01001 1110010010111 1111 1010010111111 01001 1010010000101 0111 1010110010101 1101 1110100100111 1111 1110010110111 1111 1110110001111 1111 00100100001010 1111 01110101101010 0101 01101100011101 1111 1110110000111 01110 10101100110101 1101 1010110110100 1111 1010010010101 11110 1110010011101 01110 1111110011111 0111 1011110010111 1101 1111111010111 11010 1011000010111 11110 1010010010111 1111 1110010001111 0101 1010100010101 1111 1011110000111 1111 1010010100111 1111 1010010000111 1111 1110111111101 1111 1010010100101 0111 0111110101101 1011 0111110101101 1011 1011010011011 1101 1010010011001 0010 101110001111 0101 1011100010101 1101 101001010101 01010 1011010011001 11110 1110100010011 1101 1011100001111 1101 1001000010011101 00101 101111010011 10101 10010110010101 1111 1110110001101 1111 10011110111101 1011 1110110110101 101001 10110110101111 1111 1110110010111 1101 10010010010111 1111 1110010100110 1101 10011010110101 0111 1010111110111 11011 10010110000111 1101 0010110011111 1111 10111101101110 0101 11100100001010 1011 101100111110111 11101 1111110110111 0101 10010010010110 0111 1010010101111 1101 100111101110110 10101 1010110010111 001100 1010010010101 1111 1010010010111 1111 1010010010111 1111 1010010111101 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 32
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 128
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- 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, with, ye, to, by, of, in, thy, you, his, him, for, nor, so are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, and, by, nor, for, so are repeated.
The author used the same words by, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase loved connects the lines.
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- summary of Super Flumina Babylonis;
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