This is an analysis of the poem Bright, O Bright Fedalma that begins with:
Maiden crowned with glossy blackness,
Lithe as panther forest-roaming,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbX cXXbX XacXX XcXcXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101010 11101010 1111110 10101010 111100 11111010 11101010 1110101 10101010 111100 11111011 11101010 10011011 10111010 111100 10111010 10101010 10101010 10111010 101101 101100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, light are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word child is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word fedalma at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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