This is an analysis of the poem The Ballad Of Yaada (A Legend Of The Pacific Coast) that begins with:
There are fires on Lulu Island, and the sky is opalescent
With the pearl and purple tinting from the smouldering of peat. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaaa bcbc Xbbb dede bbbb dbdb Xe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101111010101000 001110100010001 1011111000101010 00100010111 11101111010111010 001010101010101 1011101010101010 10100100001 1010101010101110 101010100010101 1010001010100110 10100010111 0110101011101010 111010101110101 1010101000101010 10101011101 1110101011101010 1110010100010101 101010101001010 11100010101 1010101010101110 101010100010101 1110111010001010 00101010001 1010001010111010 111010101110111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, he, her, till, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, till are repeated.
The author used the same word there at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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