This is an analysis of the poem Amalfi. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Fourth) that begins with:

Sweet the memory is to me
Of a land beyond the sea,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcbbc dcedce bddbffgbbg cchcddhiiadda jbXiibbccXbX ibbicXcccccc iaaiXbckck ffcllccccddmmddmXllbjbaja
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,10,13,12,12,10,25,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100001 0010101 1011101 10101101 1100001 1010011 00100101 0010001 0010001 10010101 0100101 1011001 1010001 10011101 1010101 1010101 1011111 1010101 1011101 1010001 1010111 1110001 1000101 1010101 1010101 1010101 1010101 1010101 1010101 1011111 10010101 1011101 1111100 1011101 1010101 1110011 1110101 0010111 1010101 10000101 1010101 1010101 1010111 1010011 1010011 11101000 1010001 11101000 1010101 1010101 1110001 1010101 1010101 10101011 10100101 1011101 10111011 1001101 1010101 1010111 0010101 1010101 1011001 0010011 1011100 1010101 1000101 1010101 1010101 0110101 1010101 1010011 1110111 0010101 1010011 1010001 0010001 0010111 1011111 1011101 0010101 10100101 0010101 1111101 1000101 0010111 1010101 1001111 1010111 10101001 10100001 1010101 0011101 0010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 315
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 94
  • 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; in, of, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words where, in, and, comes are repeated.

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

  • summary of Amalfi. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Fourth);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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