This is an analysis of the poem Alaskan Balladry that begins with:
Krinken was a little child,-
It was summer when he smiled.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AABbcXcdd ccaacCXXccX AAccbbbb dDaaccdDdee fc fcc AABbcXdDaAAccC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,11,8,11,2,3,14,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101 0110111 1010111 1011101 1011101 1111101 1011101 1010101 1010101 1010111 1010111 1010111 0010101 1110111 1010111 1010101 1110101 1011101 0010110 1010101 1010101 1010101 1010011 1110001 1010111 0010101 1110101 1010111 1011111 0010101 1011101 1110111 1110101 1010111 1010101 0010101 1010101 0010101 1110011 0 111001 0 111101 1110100 1010101 1010101 1010111 1010101 1011101 1111101 1011111 0010101 1011111 1010101 0110111 1110001 10101001 1010111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 58
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; on, and, summer are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word krinken at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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