This is an analysis of the poem Aladdin that begins with:

Aladdin poor the wizard found,
Who moved from cavern’s mouth a stone;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc Xdadaeae Xabaefef Xeaedada aaaaeXeb afafadad aeaeegeg hchcdXdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01010101 11010101 11110101 11101101 10011101 01010001 010100101 110100101 01010101 10010101 110101001 10010101 11010101 10010101 01011110 01111111 01010011 11010111 01011101 11010101 0110101 11010101 01011110 01010101 11011101 11010101 01010101 01010101 01010101 11100101 01010101 10100101 100100101 11010101 01101101 110101110 11111101 11010101 11011111 11010101 11010101 10010111 11010101 01010101 01010101 11010111 100010101 11010111 01011001 11110101 11110101 01110101 11011101 11010001 010101011 01010101 01011101 11010101 01000101 10010101 11110101 011011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 274
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; of is repeated.

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

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