This is an analysis of the poem Beyond Kerguelen that begins with:

DOWN in the South, by the waste without sail on it—
Far from the zone of the blossom and tree— ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababababacac adadaaaaaeae afafggggghgh acacaiaiajaj akakgXgjgcgc ahahacacgXgjXakakagagabab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,12,25,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100110101110 1001001011 10101111110 1001101001 100100100100 1001001011 100100110100 1001101001 100101101110 10110010001 100101100110 1001001001 110100100100 1101001011 101100100100 1001011001 101100101110 1011111001 101100101110 1101001011 100100100110 1101011001 100110100110 1001101101 100100101100 1001101011 100101100100 1011101001 101100110110 1001001011 110100100110 1101001011 1000101101010 1101001001 100100100110 1101001101 100101100110 1001001001 100101100110 1001111001 110100100100 1001001001 100100110100 1001011001 100110100100 1011101001 10110111100 1001001001 111110110010 1001101001 100100101110 1001001001 110100110110 10010111100 111100100110 1001001001 110100101100 1011001011 101100100100 1101011011 100100100110 1001001001 101110100110 1001101001 100100110110 1001001101 100110100110 1001001001 101100100100 10010110100 1011001000100 1001001001 100110101100 1001001001 110100110100 1001001001 100101100100 1011101001 100111000100 1101111001 101110100100 10001101001 100101100100 1001101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 4312
  • Average number of words per stanza: 771
  • Amount of lines: 90
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, it, by, on, that, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words here, only, all, thunder, never are repeated.

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