This is an analysis of the poem Barcarolle that begins with:
The stars are dimly seen among the shadows of the bay,
And lights that win are seen in strife with lights that die away. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa bbcc ddaX eeff gggg eehh iigg jjhh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110101011001 11111101011101 01010101010011 01001111111001 11000101011111 11010001010111 11110101010001 11010001100101 11011001110111 11100101001101 111101111111010 010100011101010 01011011111001 01010011110101 11011101010111 01011101010101 01011111110101 110101111111010 111001011101110 111101010101010 100101110101110 100101110101010 100111010101110 111101111011010 11111110110101 11010111110111 110111010010111 11010101110111 011100110111010 111101010101010
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, or, our, that, we are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, of, that, we are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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