This is an analysis of the poem The Rock In El Ghor that begins with:

Dead Petra in her hill-tomb sleeps,
Her stones of emptiness remain;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gXgh bXbX hcXc hbhb eiei jjjj klkl mfmf eheh nhnh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11000111 01010001 010101001 01010101 00110001 01010111 01010111 01010101 100101001 010010111 01010101 11000101 01010101 010110100 01010101 10010101 11010101 01010101 010101001 01010101 11010101 11110101 10010100 11011111 01110101 01010101 110101011 01010101 11010101 01010101 11010101 01000101 11010101 11110101 110100101 11010101 10010101 110100111 01000101 01010111 11011101 01011101 01010101 11010101 01011101 01110101 110100111 11100101 110101110 011100101 111111010 01100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; her, of, in, we are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word or at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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