This is an analysis of the poem The Song Of Tigilau that begins with:
The song of Tigilau the brave,
Sina's wild lover, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababc deedec cdXdcc dcddeEc bfbbfecec ddffggghhfeEc iichhchhffec ceXjjdXcaaeec
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,6,7,9,13,12,13,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010001 10110 1010101 1010110 1101010101 111111 1001110101 100101 1101010101 1101010101 010111010101 11010111 111001 111110 1101001 1101101111 110100110110101 1011010100101 1111 110010101001 11001010111 1001 1101 110111010101 11010 100010110 1101010 110101110 110010110 10101111 11 1110101 010111010101 110111 1100111 1010110 10110110 100111 110101 110111 10101001001 1011101 1110 1101010101 1101 0101110010101 11011 11011 1101 100001 101101 1101001 10010011 110010011 1100110 1101110 10101 010110010101 111 111 10 1011010011101 1001110111 10010101 110001000100 1101110011 11000101001 11000111 11010101 1010101 101010110010101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 427
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 71
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; tide, her, of, story are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words while, the, heaves, so, by, she, sina, far are repeated.
The author used the same words the, she at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines tide, viti, him, canoes, loves are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word moon at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases weep, sina connect the lines.
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