This is an analysis of the poem A Story Of The Rebellion that begins with:

The treacherous sands had caught our boat,
And held it with a strong embrace ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb Xded Xafa cbeb XbXb agfg fXfb aXXX adaX Xfff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 010011111 11000101 11110101 11010101 01011101 11010101 11011111 01011101 01100101 010011111 11100101 11010101 11010111 01011101 01010111 10010101 010111010 01010101 100101001 010100001 01010101 01010111 01010101 110111001 110110101 11011101 11010111 01000101 11110111 11010110 111100111 10111001 01011101 11010001 11110101 011101010 11110001 11010101 11111011 01011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, our are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, of are repeated.

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