This is an analysis of the poem ~araluen~ that begins with:

River, myrtle rimmed, and set
Deep amongst unfooted dells— ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabbcbc aaaa cbcb bbbb dcdc efef cfcf ghgh dcdc bbbb fifi bfbf hihi jkjkXbibi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111 1011001 1001101 11101101 1110101 1011111 1110111 11101101 1010101 1011111 10100111 1110111 1010101 1111001 1010111 1010101 1110111 10100101 1111111 10101001 1011101 1011101 0010111 1011111 10110001 1000101 10111001 1011101 1010101 1111111 1110101 1010101 1010111 1011101 1010101 1011101 1110111 1011101 10111001 1111111 1011111 10101101 0010011 1010101 1011011 1110101 1011101 1011111 100101 10101001 1010101 10101001 1111101 1110101 1011111 1111101 1010111 1010101 1110101 1010101 1010101 1010101 10010101 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • 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; of is repeated.

    The author used the same word evermore at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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