This is an analysis of the poem Mahomet's Song that begins with:

SEE the rock-born stream!
Like the gleam...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcdec XXcfg ddhac XdXh adgaXg XiXcffXijfXcffcXcjffd fieigdb dcgX cXagbXffaj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,5,4,6,21,7,4,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111 101 00111 1010 10101 101110 0010101 111 001110 1010101 1110 1010 101010 10101010 1010101 10101001 001 0010101 101101010 1011 00111 11101111 1110 10111010 01101011 00101110 1010 1010 10101111 100101010 1010101 1010001 10100010 101010100 10111001 0101110 00101010 1011001 1011 10111110 00101010 10101011 00101010 11111011 00111110 1110001 11100010 0101101 1111 1111 101110010 1010111 10101010 10101110 01010101 10101110 10101110 10100011 0010101 10101010 10101010 00111011 10111010 1010001 11101010 10101010 10100010 00101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; plain, and, with, thy, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, and, take are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase brother connects the lines.

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  • summary of Mahomet's Song;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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