This is an analysis of the poem An Exotic that begins with:

Not in a climate near the sun
Did the cloud with its trailing fringes float,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb dded ffgf bfbf Xcac hiai Xfgf Xjaj kaha ekgk haXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10010101 0010010101 1110101101 10100111 10110110100 00101011011 10111001001 01001001 10110101111 1011110111 1110100101 101011011 010010111 10101111001 1010100111 10101101 1010100111 1010100101 111010101 1010101 10101111101 1111010101 1111110001 10101111 1111001001 01011001101 1110010101 00100101 1101001001 10100100101 111010101 00101001 101110111 00111001001 11001111101 0011101 0101101111 11011100111 11101100101 1110101 110100111 0111100111 11001001001 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, her, i, of are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of An Exotic;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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