This is an analysis of the poem Song—had I A Cave that begins with:
HAD I a cave on some wild distant shore,
Where the winds howl to the wave's dashing roar:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbXa aaXXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101111101 10110010101 111111 111101 111111 1011 1001001101 1111011011 011101 1101100 101101 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less 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; thy is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word there is repeated.
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