This is an analysis of the poem Canto Xii From The Heights Of Macchu Picchu that begins with:

Arise to birth with me, my brother.
Give me your hand out of the depths...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXXXa cdXXbbbbXbXdcedfaabd b cXgX ehgbXbbb h b f cXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,20,1,4,8,1,1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101110 11111001 11110 10101011100 101010001001 11010111 111110110 111001001 10011010010 10100100 10111100100 1001001 1000110 101001010 10100101 10010011 1101010 11111110 1011111 01011110101 101101010111 11010111110 01110101110 1011 0101011101 1011010100 1101010011 11011111 0101 111101 1001101101 1011110101 1111011111 11111111 1001111001 1000110011 1010010 110101011 111110110 11010100 1111011101 110100100010 11011100110 1100111011 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; from, of, your, to, and, by, me, my, give are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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