This is an analysis of the poem Kiama that begins with:
Towards the hills of Jamberoo
Some few fantastic shadows haste, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabbaccdcefXgX dbeebXhihdcddc aaXXaXfdfidggd XfaafXibibibbi fjaajddddhbccc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,14,14,14,14,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01010100 11010111 10010 1101 11010011 01010101 11011101 11011101 01010101 101111001 01011101 11010 1111 010010100 01011001 110101010 0101 1101 110101110 01110111 01110101 101010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 1111 1111 11010100 1010101 110000101 11010 0101 11000101 111010101 11010111 11011101 01010101 01011101 11011101 1111 0101 11010101 11010100 11110101 0111 0101 11111101 110010101 11110101 11110101 110001101 110101010 1100101001 1111 0101 11111101 01110111 01010001 11011 1101 11010101 01110101 11010001 11011101 010100101 01111001 01110101 1111 0101 11011101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 444
- Average number of words per stanza: 74
- Amount of lines: 70
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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 used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, a are repeated.
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- summary of Kiama;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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