This is an analysis of the poem Song of the South Seas that begins with:
What is the lure of the South Seas' song
That sings in the hearts of men so long?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAbbccbbddA bbbbeebbffaA bXggeXhhii bbbbjjjXXaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,12,10,11,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 100100111 110010111 1101001001 1010110011 0100100111 10011111 1010110111 011100111 100110101 100101101 100100111 0010100101 111101111 0010100101 0100101111 0010101101 1010101101 0010100111 010110111 100101111 00100100101 100100101 110010111 0011101101 0011101100 001110001001 00110100101 0011101111 0010100110 0011100101 0010100111 0011100111 1101111001 010111101 1110100101 0101001010 11001011010 1011100101 0100100101 100100111 0100011100 100100111 110010111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 358
- Average number of words per stanza: 70
- Amount of lines: 43
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; to, what, song, as, of, than, it, more, from are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, it, from, that are repeated.
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