This is an analysis of the poem South Land And North Land that begins with:

The truculent South is hot and dank
And treacherous, too, as her spotted snake, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a a aa b cb c de de f bf b gcXgc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,2,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,1,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010010111 1100110101 110110101 110100101 01110111 11011101 1111101001 010101111 110010111 010110111 1101101111 1011100101 010100101 0010110111 001011111 111100101 110100101 010110111 0010100101 1110100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 63
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, king are repeated.

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

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