This is an analysis of the poem On Receiving A Curious Shell that begins with:
Hast thou from the caves of Golconda, a gem
Pure as the ice-drop that froze on the mountain? ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc dedX fgfg cHcX ibib jkjk lclc mjmj bebe cHcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11001001001 11011111010 1101011101 1010011111010 11010111001 11011011011 11001001001 001001101001 11010011010 11011110010 11010110010 111010011000 10011011011 0100100011010 0001111101 110110111010 110011011111 11001011011 101111011001 01001001101 101111001001 01101001101 110001001001 01011001001 01001101001 010110110110 11001011101 11011010110 11111001101 1101110100010 01001001001 111010010110 00101111001 11011011001 110001011001 110001001011 11110001001 11011101001 11001001101 101001111001 01101001111 11001011011 11111011001 01001001101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, thou, hast, that, of, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hast, nor are repeated.
The author used the same word hast at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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