This is an analysis of the poem 12 The Khans Canticles that begins with:
And none but I the secret k/iew
Of where the precious ginseng grew. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X a bbcc aaccddeXaaffffbbff ddffee g g a a h h b b iXi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,4,18,6,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11110101 01010111 11010101 11011111 110101001 01110101 11001101 01010101 01010001 11110101 010101001 0111100001 11010111 0101010110 11010101 11111101 111100101 11011101 01010101 01010101 11010101 11011101 11110101 010101001 11010101 01010101 010111011 01011101 010111001 01010101 11010111 01011111 110111011 01000111 1101010001 111010111 110100111 010111001 11111101 11110111
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 95
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 41
- 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; its, and, of, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, some, to are repeated.
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