This is an analysis of the poem Robinson Crusoe's Story that begins with:

THE night was thick and hazy
When the 'Piccadilly Daisy' ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbccb aadeed ffgaag eebgXb aadccd eebhhb iiegge aacffc eeXggg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111110 10100010 10101110001 11101010 11101010 11111010101 11101110 11111010 10101010101 11101010 00101010 11111110101 1111010 10101110 10101011101 11111011 10101010 10101110111 1101010 10101010 10111110111 11111010 10111010 10101010101 0111010 10111110 11101010101 11101110 11101110 11101010111 1011010 00100010 00101010011 11101010 10101010 10101010001 11101110 10111010 11111010001 11101110 10101010 10101010101 00111110 10111110 10101010101 10101010 10101010 10101010101 1011010 11101110 11101010111 00111010 10101110 11100010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 223
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, we are repeated.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines 'em, are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.

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  • summary of Robinson Crusoe's Story;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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