This is an analysis of the poem The Seven Isles that begins with:

I dream of western waters, and of the Seven Isles,
And of mornings when they appear... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca dedeXdada
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010100101 10101101 100100110101 1101011 1111100101 0010111 10010101101 11010010 100111011100 100101 1101010110001 1011101 11101110011011 00101001 10100010101 11100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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; of, and are repeated.

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