This is an analysis of the poem Cean Duv Deelish that begins with:

Cean duv deelish, beside the sea
I stand and stretch my hands to thee ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccX aabddb aaadda aabeeb aabXab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100101 11111101 0101 010010101 0100111001 11100 11101101 01010101 1101 11110001 01011101 1111 11101101 01010101 1101 10100100101 00100111101 1101 1101001010 0010100101 1101 1011100111 111110101 1111 110100101 11110100101 1011 01001101001 1111110100 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word cean at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Cean Duv Deelish;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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