This is an analysis of the poem Barbarian that begins with:
Long after the days and the seasons, and people and countries.
The banner of raw meat against the silk of seas and arctic flowers; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXaabaXbaaXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 110011010110110 01001101010111010 1110101000110001010 110101111001010 101001101010111010 111011110100101 110001001010 111011010010111 1110010110111111 10111010011101000101 11111101111 11110111110 111010011000100010 11000101010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 922
- Average number of words per stanza: 161
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 65 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, o are repeated.
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