This is an analysis of the poem Barada that begins with:
Barada, oh father of all rivers
Oh, horse that races the days...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXXb bXbaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001100110 1111001 0011100010 1011010001 1001011110 1111110 110001001001 1100010100 11011000101011 1110101 111011110110 1010101111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, have, we are repeated.
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- summary of Barada;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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