This is an analysis of the poem With The Caravan that begins with:
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Closer the curtain. Still the sun is flame, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcaXdedd XfXgahgc Xdagcddd XdXidjidbg acakelXak jhblclgjcX afgdablXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,8,10,9,10,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1001010101 1011010 101 1011010 0111011 1110100 10010 111110 1 10111101010 10010010101010 1001 1001 11010 1 101101 1 1111010101 1001 111101 010101 10111 1101011111 110101 1 111001 10010100101 1100010 111101 1001 1001 01010111 100101 1101010111 1 1101 110111 1101010011 11011100 10010100101 110110 1101110101 110011 110101 1101010000 0111001 010101 0111110 1111010 111011 101101011 101 111100 1 11010111010 110101 11010 11111 01110011011 101000101 011011101101 101101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 390
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 65
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; stillness, silver, my, of, his, l are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words far, silver, his are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines roses is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.
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