This is an analysis of the poem Mariana that begins with:

The sunset-crimson poppies are departed,
Mariana!... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcaXacabAdcdccddcddcd efefeXgggahaXahcXcefefeffffijijijeeefgfgfgaaafkfkfklllcececehhhmhmhmhjjjfdfdfdgggmdndndooo AbcaccccbAhhhXhhchhhhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,90,22,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101010 1010 01010101010 01010 11110101010 11010 0101011001010 11010 1010 01110101010 11010101011 0101000101 11010100101 110111 0100110011100101 11010001101 011101011 110101 1101010111 0100101001 110111 01101101110101 11010111 11010101 110101001 010100111 010011001 11011100 01011101 01110111 10011111 11011101 11010101 111100111 01101101 11110111 11011101 11000101 01011101 110010101 11111111 01010111 01011101 01011101 11010101 11011111 11110111 11110111 01111101 11111101 11011111 11011101 01010101 01010101 01011100 110000101 01111101 01111101 11110111 11110101 11111101 10011100 01010111 010101001 010110101 11110111 11010101 11011111 01010101 01111101 01111011 110101001 10111101 11011101 01110111 010100101 1111010010 111001001 110101010 110111001 0100101110 11011101 01111111 110110001 11010101 010001101 01110101 11110111 11010101 11011111 01010101 11010101 01011101 010100101 01110111 11010101 11000101 11111101 111111101 01110101 10010101 110000111 11010111 11011001 01110101 01110100 11010101 11011100 111100101 01011111 11011101 01010101 010111010010 1010 01011101010 010010 10011101010 11010 111101001010 01010 1010 010111010010 11010101011 0101000101 1101010101 110101 010110011100101 1101000101 01110101 110101 1101010101 01010101 110111 01101101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 4904
  • Average number of words per stanza: 881
  • Amount of lines: 136
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; wall, and, she, with, barren, grass are repeated.

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

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

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