This is an analysis of the poem Cymru that begins with:
Dim in the mist of ages, seeking a resting-place,
Broke on the shores of Britain the wave of an Aryan race.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdXcccceeffgXddffhhffii Xjkkccffcc kkbbjjiiiX ddiiccggll kkllffccdd mmnnddll XcooXedXggii
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,10,10,10,10,8,12,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1001010100101 110101001011001 11010101100111 10010101100101 10010101110101 01001010110101 1101110100111 00100101000100100 11110101011101 11101101101101 1011110101101 11010011001101 1001111100101 101010101011101 100111011101101 010011000100101 10010101101101 10010101010101 1011100010101 111001001010001 10011111001001 10010100100100 1101010100101 1001100100101 1001001011101000 010010100100101 01001010110101 001111010100111 100101001010 111010101110101 1110010101100101 010011100100101 100100101100101 11101110111001 011011110100111 010010100100111 01001010110001 101001100110101 01001110100101 11010100100011 1001010110101 10010100101101 01101010100101 010011100100111 011010100100101 010010101110101 11011101110100 110010100100100 0101101001001001 1110101100100101 10111101100100 0110100101100111 010100101111101 110010110100111 0100111011101001 010010100110111 10111100101111 11010101011001 1110110100101 1110100100100101 11111101100101 010010110110101 010010100111010 1111010110101 11010100100111 10100100101100101 10010101100101 111010101110101 1001011001011 010001010111101 100100101000111 001001010111101 11101101111011 011010100100101 001001000110101 0101100100100101 10010010100100 1100100010101 10101110110101 111010101100101 10110101010100 10101110110101 10010101010111 1101010101011 010111100101111 0100100100111101 110111101101110 1010011101110101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 772
- Average number of words per stanza: 143
- Amount of lines: 88
- Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, thy, who, that, in, by, to, where, their are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words where, the, who, it are repeated.
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- summary of Cymru;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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