This is an analysis of the poem Shemselnihar that begins with:
O my lover! the night like a broad smooth wave
Bears us onward, and morn, a black rock, shines wet. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcX dedecX dcdccX XbXbcX fgfgcX afafXX fbXbXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11100110111 11101101111 111011111101 1111111110001 1111011110101 11101001000 111111111011 101111001011 111101011001 1110001011011 101011111101 01001101000 101101101111 1011010110011 11111100011 101011001011 111101111011 11101001000 101111111001 10110101111 111111011100 01111011011 1111111110011 01011011000 101101101001 011011011001 111001011111 110011011111 111101111101 11011011000 111101011101 111010111011 011101110001 101111111101 100101110100 01101101000 111111001101 111111111111 10010101100 1011001111 111111011110 11011101000
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 301
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
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; i, from, thee, to, on, would are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, o are repeated.
The author used the same word yet at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word shemselnihar at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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