This is an analysis of the poem The Pearl Diver that begins with:
Kanzo Makame, the diver, sturdy and small Japanee,
Seeker of pearls and of pearl-shell down in the depths of the sea, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaX bbb ccc aaX ddd eee ccc fff aaa ggX hhh ccc eee iii ggg aaX ccc iii ccX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010010101110 100110111001001 110010010101000 100110101001011 11010010001001111 110100101101101 101100101011001 100100111001001 101101101011111 101101101011101 0101001110111111 1011111011111110 100100101101011 111111101110001 1001011011001001 101110111101011 100111111011011 10100101101001 1111101110001011 101110101001001 110100101101001 110100101001111 110111101101111 111100101101001 101110101001011 101101101001001 101001011111001001 11010010001001011 1101100101101011 0111101010110110 10100101011101 100101101011010 10010110011001011 100101101011101 111100101001001 100100101001001 100101101111011 110100101101101 110110111001001 10100101001101 10101010111011001 110101101111101 11010010001001001 100110111011101 110110101011011 1011111101011101 101111101011101 110101011011000 101111111111001011 1011111111001011 111111101001011001 100110101111011 10010110101011 110100100001011001 100101101010011 110100101101001 1001101010110110
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 58
- Average number of symbols per line: 64 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, to, by, and, no, down, in, islands, you, him are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words down, always, islands are repeated.
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