This is an analysis of the poem Tamara that begins with:
Where waves of the Terek are waltzing
In Dariel's wickedest pass,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb cdXX efXf Xgag accc egag Xggg egdg egbg Xheh aXdX agXg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110010110 0101001 110010011 11011001 0010111010 11001001 010010010 001001110 1010010110 11101001 010110010 011011001 111010010 11000001 010010010 01001001 0100111010 11011101 1100010110 11001001 011011110 100101001 010010010 01001001 01001101000 01001101 0101100101 01101101 1100110010 01011011 011011010 10111111 110010010 01101101 110110010 110110001 110010100 01010101 110010110 01011001 011010110 11011011 010011011 110010100 011010110 11001011 101011010 01001001
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; with, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words how, with are repeated.
The author used the same word with at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Tamara;
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