This is an analysis of the poem Kiama Revisited that begins with:
WE STOOD by the window and hearkened
To the voice of the runnels sea-driven,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabacdcddedefdfdbebaffXfbebedgdgafafheheffff aaaababacXcfeeeXddddbabaXdbddbdbXedeaXaXaXeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 44,44,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101100 0010010110 110010110 110010010 110011010 110010010 011011010 011010010 011010010 111010010 1011010010 110110110 111010010 010010110 110011010 110111010 011111010 011110010 011110110 011111110 1110111110 110011010 111101010 110111110 1110110010 1010110010 110010110 010011010 110011010 110010011 1011011010 1100110111 1110010010 010010010 011110110 110011010 111110010 010111010 0010110010 1011010010 1110010110 1010110010 0111111010 110011010 110011110 010011010 111010010 011011110 111111010 1111100011 111110110 110011011 111110010 111011100 1011010010 111010110 1010110110 1010110010 010110010 110010100 1111010010 1110011010 1110111010 110010010 1110110010 110010110 1110111110 110010110 1011011010 111010010 110111110 110010010 11011010 011010010 110110010 111010010 0100110100 110011010 110011011 110110010 01010110 0010111010 011010010 110111110 1001111110 110111010 110010010 011110010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1682
- Average number of words per stanza: 318
- Amount of lines: 88
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, that, i, her, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, and are repeated.
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