This is an analysis of the poem A Geological Madrigal that begins with:
I have found out a gift for my fair;
I know where the fossils abound,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcaca dbdbebeb fgfghihi jhjhkdkd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101111 11101001 101101001 01111101 11101001 11001001 1111001 11011101 10110101 101101001 101001101 001111111 111000101 0100001 001001101 10001101 11101001 111101111 10011001 101100001 11011001 00101001 110001 01111011 11111011 11111001 11101101 00101000 11011001 11001011 11001001 11011001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 269
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- 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; his is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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