This is an analysis of the poem In Pearl And Gold that begins with:

WHEN pearl and gold, o'er deeps of musk,
The moon curves, silvering the dusk,—... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aababccddeeffggddggffffFfFhhhhhffhhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 111110101 01110001 1001010 01010101 01010010 10110101 11010101 010111010 101001010 111000101 10010111 01011111 010011111 01011101 01111001 11110011 01110101 110110101 1101100110 1111 11110001 10011101 11011101 101 01111101 101 111101001 11011111 1111 11010101 11011111 11110101 11111111 111100111 1111 1111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 233
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; me, and, as are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ago, by are repeated).

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