This is an analysis of the poem Carolina that begins with:
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The despot treads thy sacred sands,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bbbcdddcdddc X eeecfffcbXbc X gggcgggcfffc X bbbcgggcXbbc a eeecaaacfffc a eeecbbbcgggc X hhhcbbbcXbbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 01011101 11110001 11110101 1010 11111101 11010011 11111101 1010 11010101 01011101 10011101 1010 1 11110001 11110111 11111111 1010 11110111 101100101 11110101 1010 110010101 111111110 11011101 1010 1 11010011 11110101 11010101 1010 110100111 11010101 11011101 1010 11110111 111100101 11000101 1010 1 11010101 11111101 110100011 1010 11010111 01110001 11010111 1010 11010101 11011101 00010011 1010 1 10110111 01010101 10010111 1010 11110111 11110101 11010101 1010 11010111 11010111 11111101 1010 1 11110101 11110111 11110001 1010 11110101 01011101 100111001 1010 01111101 11011101 11010111 1010 1 10110111 01011101 11111001 1010 11110001 101101001 11111001 1010 11110001 11010011 11010011 1010
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 91
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- 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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thy, he are repeated.
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- summary of Carolina;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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