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

FROM the Desert I come to thee
On a stallion shod with fire;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcaaaCCDC aefefafaCCDC edcddgXgCCDC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00101101 10101010 1011101 00101010 1011011 1011111 1111111 0011111 10111 10111 1010010 101 1011011 110111 1110101 1110101 1011111 00101101 1110101 0011111 10111 10111 1010010 101 1111010 1010011 0101101 0111111 1001011 1101101 11101111 0111111 10111 10111 1010010 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 333
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; love, i, and, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word unfold at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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