This is an analysis of the poem Ariadne Auf Naxos that begins with:

There is a land where all is pure,
And this land is called...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXacddeXfbgebfhgbgfidgbcjgXiffhjfXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011101 10101 0101 11001 1110010 1101001 10001 011111 11100 110101111 1100101 110101 10111100 1110101 110101 110111 11111010 1111111 00101010 1110111 10111010 1010011 11101010 100111 1011110 101010100 11111010 1010111 10101110 1010101 0011011 110110 010010 1001 01101111 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1020
  • Average number of words per stanza: 196
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; land, my are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase darkness connects the lines.

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