This is an analysis of the poem The Lily Bed that begins with:
His cedar paddle, scented, red,
He thrust down through the lily bed; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Aa bb cc aa dd aa ee ff gg hh ee ee ee ii ii aa ff jj jj ee Aa jj hh kk dd cc ccXaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101 11110101 10010111 100100101 10010101 11010101 10110001 11011101 11010101 10110001 11010111 01011101 110101001 01010001 11011101 10011101 10111001 00110101 01111101 001101101 01010001 11001101 10100101 11011001 110110111 11110101 01011101 11010101 11110101 01010101 01110111 01110001 11010101 11010101 1111011 01010001 11111101 01010001 01000101 10111001 01010101 11100101 11011101 01100101 11110111 11100111 01111101 10010101 01011101 001110101 01011111 11001101 11011101 10110011 01010101 11100101
- Amount of stanzas: 28
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 72
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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, his, lily are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word their is repeated.
The author used the same words or, with at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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