This is an analysis of the poem In The South Pacific that begins with:

A vision of a savage land,
A glimpse of cloud-ringed seas;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd adad aeae fXfg dgdg hghg ijij
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01000101 010111 011101001 111101 11110101 111101 011100101 110101 11110111 010101 11011001 011101 11110001 111111 10010111 011111 01001110 0101110 11110001 0101010 11011101 011101 111100111 111111 11111111 110101 11010111 010001 111101111 111111 01010001 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, no are repeated.

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  • summary of In The South Pacific;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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