This is an analysis of the poem Progress In The Pacific that begins with:
Lapp'd in blue Pacific waters lies an isle of green and gold,
A garden of enchantment such as Eden was of old;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccXd ccee ccff bbgg hhbb bbii ccjjbbii aa kk llmm iiaa eejj ccaX hhcc ddbb jjgg ccbb eecc cXcjj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,8,2,2,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 101010101110111 01000101110101 101000100110001 01010101010111 101000101010101 01011101010001 01010101111100 1111001111101 11111100110111 101010100011101 110010101010101 100101110000101 0010100100010001 111010100110111 101011101110101 101010101011101 11110101010001 01100101110101 11110100110011 101010100011101 11100111110101 000111100010001 01011101110101 11011101010011 11010101111101 11011100011111 111010101110101 111001100010001 111100101110001 01011101010111 11111101110101 11010101010111 111010100111101 101011101010111 101010101010111 101001000100111 11010101010101 001010010010101 11011101011101 101010100011001 1111110111011001 01010100110101 1110101110100010 1010101110101010 111110101110101 1111101010100101 110111001010011 001011100110001 101011101011101 111110100010101 01011100110101 101011101110111 111110101010101 101011111011100 11110101110111 10101010101110100 11100101110001 11011101110101 11000100010101 11001100011101 01111100110101 101011001110101 01010101011101 11010100011101 111101011100001 101011101011001 111101110111001 11011001110101 101010101110101 11010100110001 111101011010101 101010100110111 101111111110011 111111011101011 101000101100111 11011101011111 00010101111101 01110100111111 10110101011111 101100101110111
- Amount of stanzas: 21
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 81
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, their, to, and, them, at, solfa are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, and are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase so connects the lines.
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