This is an analysis of the poem Urara that begins with:
Euroka, go over the tops of the hill,
For the ~Death-clouds~ have passed us to-day,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdXddbBBDXXX efefgfgffbBBDXXX chchcfdffbbbDXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,16,16,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011001001 101111101 11100110111 101111001 101011001001 11111001 111111001011 11011101 101101001 10111 10111 111001 00101001101 1010010100 100100 1010010100 01001101001 11011011 11100101101 101001001 11100101101 11100101 101111101111 01101011 101001011 10111 10111 111001 00101001101 1010010100 100100 1010010100 10101101101 111101001 101001001011 11111011 11101101011 11001011 110101101101 11101001 101001001 10111 0111 111001 00101001101 1010010100 100100 1010010100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 591
- Average number of words per stanza: 116
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; urara, and, we, our are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines plain, urara, more, there are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word urara at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase urara connects the lines.
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