This is an analysis of the poem Description Of A Tropical Island that begins with:
Behold an Indian isle, reposed
Upon the deep’s enamoured breast, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXabaaabbbbbbbcdcXdXccbbeecacabbafaf gdXdhihigggggXjkajaj clclbbmamaddXllbbccddbbbbjbjiijkee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 37,20,34,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111001100 010110001 1010101010 01000101 11010101 11010001 01111101 01010101 11100101 111100101 11000101 01110101 11110101 11011011 1010101 100111010 01110101 010011010 00110110 110100101 11110101 01011101 11010101 11011101 11010100 110101001 011101001 110010101 11010101 11011101 01111101 11000101 1111010 1001101001 01111101 01010101 00110101 01010101 010010111 11010100 11110101 1100100111 110101001 110110101 10001011 0100100101 11010111 11011001 01011101 10010111 101100101 11010001 11011100 11110101 11001101 11000101 110001 111111110 01010001 010101010 0101001 11110001 110101001 10011101 11000011 11110001 110101 11110101 10011101 10010111 011111101 11011101 01011101 010010101 01000101 11011111 11001111 11011011 01011011 01010101 01010101 11000100 110111001 11011101 101010101 011001101 11110101 11001100 11011111 01010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 804
- Average number of words per stanza: 142
- Amount of lines: 90
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words or, and, the are repeated.
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