This is an analysis of the poem Joi, The Glug that begins with:

The Glugs abide in a far, far land
That is partly pebbles and stones and sand,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdddd ccdDeecccX fXaaddgggg cXdDhXiiiX jjaaddjjjj dddDbbdddX kkkkXXaaaa ccdDkkcccX ccfXggllll mmdDddhhhh aafXdXaaaa bbdDdddddX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010100111 1010101111 110100101 1000101101 10111011111 010100111 11101101001 011111101 1101 00101101001 1100111111 1100111011 110100101 11011111 1111100111 1010011111 11101101011 01011000011 10111 00101001011 1010100101 1111110101 110100101 1100110101 1111110101 111010101 11101101001 1101101001 1111 0101101001 10100110111 1100101111 110011101 11011111 1111010111 1010110111 1110111101 0101101001 1101 1101001001 101111101 01110111 111010110 01010111 101010111 1011110111 11101101001 010100111 1111 1110110111 110011101 110011111 110011111 11011111 111110111 111101011 11101101001 1011100101 0101 1111100101 111110111 01010111 110111101 111110101 111011111 110110101 1110110111 0100100101 0101 1110100101 1100111011 101001011011 1010010101 11011111 1111101001 10101101001 1110110101 010011111 11101 110011111 101111101 001011111 110100101 111011111 11011101 110100101 1101101011 11111101001 1101 01101101001 11001110010 11001011110 110110101 11011111 1111010111 0111111101 111010010001 11111011011 001001 0011101011 11011111 110111101 111110111001 1011110111 11011101 111111111 11101101011 111110101 1111 1101101011 110011101 110010111 110010101 11011111 111110101 110110101 11101111001 00100110111 1111 0010010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 405
  • Average number of words per stanza: 79
  • Amount of lines: 121
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, for, their, ' are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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