This is an analysis of the poem Bellambi's Maid that begins with:

Amongst the thunder-splintered caves
On Ocean's long and windy shore,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacacdede fgfgXcfcgege hahaicicjeje
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 11011101 11010101 01010111 010101010 11010111 110001010 11011101 01010101 01010101 110101001 11011001 01110101 11010101 01110101 11110101 01010100 10010101 11010101 11010101 0100100001 01010101 11010101 01011001 11111101 01011101 111100101 11011101 11010111 11011101 11011101 11010111 11110101 11011101 11111101 11011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 418
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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 is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word maid at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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