This is an analysis of the poem Alexis And Dora that begins with:
FARTHER and farther away, alas! at each moment the vessel
Hastens, as onward it glides, cleaving the foam-cover'd flood!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bc de ff dX eg ac hX bb di ge gd jk fa eX dl df gl fk ba bd bX jc mg jn ji dj dl bX bl ba Xa gX ge jg Xj Xc fX bj Xf bc Xd fe bb dl nc oc hX fc gl Xc bg Xg pg bf jc jl nm Xk be bi bb Xg ng gc da dX pf de nc hj fc bg bi bj bd of gX ebXn
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011001011110010 10110011001101 100111101110110 10010011011001 11000010010010010 11011011101001 1010010110110110 10110011001101 1101110111010110 11110011001001 1001111001010111 01010111110011 1111011001111110 11110111101011 111010011111100 10011111001001 1011001011011010 11110011110001 1001011111010010 1110011001001 0011101110110010 10010011101011 101001010011110 111100110101111 1110010111011010 1010011001001 1101010100010010 11010011001001 1110010101100100 10010111001101 100111101010110 1111101110001011 10010110110110010 10100110011001 1010111010010 1110111001001 100111101111110 1110011011001 111111010010010 1110111001111 1011011010110010 10010011101111 11011111110110 10111011011011 11111010011010010 1010011101001 11101111110011 11011111111101 101101110011110 100100101001011 01100111110010 1010011111111 110101111011010 10110011011101 101010010010110 11111011011001 100100101010010010 1010111001001 101011011011010 10010011111011 111010011010110 10111011111011 11101110111010 10011011011111 1010110110011100 11110011011100 101011011010110 10011011011001 11101101110111 11110011101011 110111110110010 10011011101011 1001101111111110 1111011001111 101101001110110 11101111001011 101010010010010 10111011101111 11100110010010 1010011011001 10110111010110 00011111001011 100111010111010 110101111111011 111000101011010 1010111011101 10101101010010 1010011111011 11101111111010 1111111001101 11111011111110 1110011011111 11101111110100 11001011001001 10111111010010 10010011001011 1011010110111010 11110111001101 10110110001111110 11111110111110 1100110111011010 10010111101001 101101100010111 10011011101011 111101111111111 1010111011111 1011101111110011 11011111001101 1110110110011110 0010011101001 101001001010010 11011011010101 111011010010010 10110011001111 11100101011011 10011011001001 1001011010011110 110100111001001 1011011011111010 10110011011111 11010110010100110 00010011001101 1101001001010010 110110111010100 1011011011111011 10111111011001 101011010011111 10011011001101 1110110010111010 001111001001101 111010010110010 11011111001011 1010010110110110 11101011001001 100101111110010 10011011001011 111101001110011 10111111011001 100101101010110 10010111001001 1101001001111011 1010011001011 101011011011010 11110011001011 11011110010110111 11010011010011 1101010111011110 10010111001011 11110111111010 10110011111001 111110010010011 10110011001001 1001101110010010 1111110001001 111001011110100 10011011010101 110101001111010 10110011011011
- Amount of stanzas: 80
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 158
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
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; thou, in, thy, then, i, on, to, ', and, me, how, of, thee, she are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words then, how, and are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines thee is repeated).
The poet repeated the same words bundle, me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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