This is an analysis of the poem Meet Me At The Next Oasis that begins with:

Meet me at the next oasis.
With the continuing, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXaXXbcd AaeXebcd AdAXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101010 000100 0010011 1111100 1111001101 00101001101 001000110 0110110101 11101010 11 11010010 1101001 101011 0101001 10010010 111101 11101010 11011101010 11101010 1111010011 1101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 218
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; to is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word massaged at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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