This is an analysis of the poem Large Bad Picture that begins with:

Remembering the Strait of Belle Isle or
some northerly harbor of Labrador,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb Xcdc eece addd dded feXe gfgf ghah
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 0100010111 1100100101 011010110 0110100110 0101101101 000111 11010111 10011 1101011010 010001 10001010001 11011 101001101 1010111 11110100 111111 1101010011 100101 110100111 100101 11111010 010110 011010010 1010101001 0011 011111010 111111011 00100111010010 1010100 010011111010 0101011101 1011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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; round is repeated.

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  • summary of Large Bad Picture;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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