This is an analysis of the poem A South-Sea Islander that begins with:

ALOLL in the warm clear water,
On her back with languorous limbs,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaaaXaXbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001110 10101001 110100101 101111 011111 100001 10111011 0111101 1001010 01000111 0101110101 1101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 397
  • Average number of words per stanza: 72
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of A South-Sea Islander;
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