This is an analysis of the poem Bedouin Song that begins with:
Across the hot sands, towards fertile lands
On our swinging camels we forward fly...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb daba ecacdbeb XdXdXcXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 0101101011 1110101101 10100110101 10110111 110101011 10111001 1010110101 11101011 111111 11001101 011101011 1100111 10101111011011 11110111 101010101110 101100111 111110111 10101101 1110100101 00101111 010011101 11110101 1010101 110110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; on, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words on, and are repeated.
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- summary of Bedouin Song;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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