This is an analysis of the poem William Keith, Artist that begins with:

We read that under the far Indian skies,
The dusk magician with his magic wand... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cbdcbdefef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11110011001 0101000101 1001011001 10010011101 00110111001 1011100101 111101001 01011110111 1111000101 0110010101 1011010011 1101010101 0101010101 0101010101 01010111 110101001 11010111 11011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 391
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and is repeated.

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

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