This is an analysis of the poem Ulmarra that begins with:
Alone — alone!
With a heart like a stone,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaabbcXcXcdddaaeeeXe fffgghhhXh XgghheeeXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,10,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101 001101 11001 101001 001101 1011010 10110110 1110010010 1110100 111010010 1111 111001 11111 001101 001001 1110110 10110110 1010010010 1110100 110010010 0101 111011 10111 1111 101011 011110 10110110 011010110 1110100 111010110 1010 11001 111101 101101 01001 1010110 10110110 1010010010 1110100 1010010010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 376
- Average number of words per stanza: 71
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, wildly, and, weeping, faded, flying are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word in is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines weeping, faded, flying are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases weeping, faded, flying connect the lines.
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- summary of Ulmarra;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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