This is an analysis of the poem Ultima Thule: Bayard Taylor that begins with:
Dead he lay among his books!
The peace of God was in his looks. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dX ee ee ff dd aa ee aa gg ee cc hhXaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101 01011001 1011001 11010001 1110011 1110101 1010101 11101010 1010101 1011101 1010101 1011101 11100101 11110011 10001101 0110011 0111001 1010111 0110001 1110101 1011101 1010111 1110101 0100111 1010001 10011011 1110101 1111111 1011111 1010101 1010111 01010111
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 61
- Average number of words per stanza: 11
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; in, what are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, lying are repeated.
The author used the same word in at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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