This is an analysis of the poem Double Ballade Of Primitive Man that begins with:

He lived in a cave by the seas,
He lived upon oysters and foes,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaabaB aaaaabaB aaaXabcB aaaaabXB aaaacbaB aaaaXbab XXabaB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001101 11011011 101010001 101001001 101001001 01111001 111001111 101001001 11001101 11001011 101101101 11011011 11001011 11101001 111111011 101001001 00101101 111001001 101101101 101001001 111011001 111001111 101001001 101001001 101101001 001101101 101001001 101001001 101101001 101001111 111001110 101001001 001011001 101001001 01001011 101010001 001001001 1111101 111101101 101001001 101101001 11001001 1100011 10101111 001001011 11001001 10101001 101001001 10 1101101 111101001 1110011001 101001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, and, their, his are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word man at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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