This is an analysis of the poem Along The Nile that begins with:
To G. W. C.
We journey up the storied Nile;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbccaadd aaceccff bbgehhdd bbcchhgg aaiiccgX ccggeejj gghhcckk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011001 11010101 01010101 01110101 0100101 11011101 01010001 01010101 01111101 11010111 11010101 01011001 01110101 11011101 01010111 11010101 11010111 0101001 01010111 01010110 01010100 11011111 010101001 11010111 11110101 11011111 10011101 11010101 11001101 101010101 11010011 10010101 01010001 01010111 11111101 11010101 11011101 11111101 10010111 11010100 01010110 01010101 01011101 01011111 10011101 10010101 10000101 01010001 11010101 10001111 11011101 01010011 01011101 11000101 11010100 10111101 10100101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 274
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 57
- 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; and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, along, and are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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