This is an analysis of the poem Orara that begins with:
THE STRONG sob of the chafing stream
That seaward fights its way ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab acac cdcd efgf dhdh bcbc gcgc iiii jfjf klkl hehe cccc fXfd kXki baba mama jcjcXfhfh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01100101 110101 11010101 000101 11110111 110111 01000111 010111 01110101 110101 01010101 010101 010101010 110111 11011101 000101 01010101 011111 11010101 011101 01110111 110101 010010101 010101 01010111 110001 11010101 111100 11010101 110101 11011101 001001 11011101 011101 11010101 011111 11110111 110101 11010101 111101 01011001 1111110 11001101 1101010 11010101 010101 11100111 111101 11010101 111101 0100001001 011101 10110111 1111010 11111111 011101 01000101 110101 11011101 010101 11000101 111101 01110111 1111001 01010101 100101 11011101 010001 11111111 010101 11010001 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2630
- Average number of words per stanza: 424
- Amount of lines: 89
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Orara;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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