This is an analysis of the poem Song Of Yoomy that begins with:

Departed the pride, and the glory of Mardi:
The vaunt of her isles sleeps deep in the sea,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABXcdXXdccXcABXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010011010010 0100111001 111001001 010011011 01011011 11110001 011110010 100101001 1100100101 110010010 110110101 1010010 010011010010 0100111001 1101110101 1 11001101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 655
  • Average number of words per stanza: 126
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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

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