This is an analysis of the poem Hibiscus And Salvia Flowers that begins with:

_Hark! Hark!
The dogs do bark!... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAbcb def gg cbhb XijkXcl AAb ccX mXXffX cC bCnC AaC ofX hop ch cckqfcoqX cohbX fjXf Xffq krholcsffo nc eteXd XflimqqqopmXcp Xphf hehjljlh hoffb Xqcpu oXc hflruh kbmchffggkg mciccgkcpfcXccchXpcq qXXrc fbktjof qhjsbfthhXso Xcrcccrb hbopafhXhq
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,2,4,7,3,3,6,2,4,3,3,3,2,9,5,4,4,10,2,5,14,4,8,5,5,3,6,11,20,5,7,12,8,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 0111 00100101 1011101 100111 1110 1000100101010 01001100110111 111101110 11110111 111111111 11100101 0100100111 111111 11111100 100111001010 0011 10110010 1100100 100101001000001 1001001 11 0111 00100001 1111 1111 110010110110100 111111111 100 100 100 100 11 01100110010 100110010 1001 100110010 0011 100110010 11 0111 100110010 111101 1111 1101100 101010 1111010 1010101010100001 111101110 110101 11101001001001 10 010110010100 1100011101010 11010100101 11011111010 10101110 10010 01011100100100 1111010011111 1101010011 11000101 100101001001010 100 1001010 1100001 011100111010 010 0100100 0100100010101111 111001111100 10 010011010100 00101 1101011010001 1 01000110101 0101000110010 0100010011001 10001 00111011100 10010 000111011 1000111001110010 1100 110110001101 110110100 11010110101010 01010101110 0111110 1100 10110100101 0111110101010 1110110010111 10011111010 10110101110 01101101110 1101010101 1101110101 0111 100 1101011 011101 01010010100 0101100101 10110100011 11011111 0101 0101001010100 0010100111 010101 1111010011 1101 010100010001 1001 11000101 110101010011 0110100101 010101001 0101011101 1101011100 110101000110 1010101 1101 1101011111 101101011101 1001111 111 101011 100111 1001001 110101 11110101001 10100110101 1101010100 11011110010 1111011010111 11110 111010010011111 0011 010011 11111001010 110100 111011010010101000100 00 110101011001 110 11010101010 01111101 1110 111010001001001010 0111001010001010 11 1011101111011 1 0111001110010 110100100100 11010110010 111100010010 11010010 1101001001001 1100 111 1101011 11010110 11011001010010 0101010100 110100 10101010101 001101001 1101 111101 11001011010 0101100101 0101001 1101010101 11011010101 10 000101 00100100111 01010101001 1100100001 0101010100 110010100101 1100100111 11001011111 1101100100 0101011101 00101 10100000 001001111 01011110101 00101111101 1111010010 11010010010 110110101010 100101101101 11 0111011 011001001001 01011111 11001010101 11010 1011 1111010 1111001010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 36
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 206
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; we, them, by, and, sans, of, her, it, salvia, me, i, these, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words how, sans, who, and, the, or, you, i, these 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 flowers, hark, fire, place, them, blazes, bolshevists are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word flowers at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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