This is an analysis of the poem Zudora that begins with:

Here on the pale beach, in the darkness;
With the full moon just to rise; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb dd XcXX dd efXX gg XdXd hh bb ff eXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,2,2,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 110110010 0011101 1101111001 1001101 110100000101 1101010101 11011111 111111 11011111 100101 1111110101 1101010101 111101010 111111 10110101 111101 1011010101 0101110101 11011100 111101 1111101011 111101 0010011111110 101100101110 11011101101 1000010101 1100111111 11001010101 111111010 1101010 1100100011 1101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; you, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Zudora;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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