This is an analysis of the poem The Feast Of Famine that begins with:

Marquesan Manners
I. THE PRIEST'S VIGIL... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a b ccccdXaaccddeeddccffbbggddCcgghhcccX ddiihhggggaagghhjj ffaacckkhhff hhcc a llccmmeeaakkllmmaacX nn agcg ggcX cceeooppaX mmhhhhggnncXaabX ddjjjX kkggggccffcXaXppmX aadX ddcX aaccnnaacX c hhhhddccbbjj ccnnddggnnddddgg ccXkbbggaappbbppcckk ggddbbkX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,36,18,12,4,1,20,2,4,4,10,16,6,18,4,4,10,1,12,16,20,8,14,4,8,10,6,8,8,12,1,12,8,12,34,22,10,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
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  • Amount of stanzas: 39
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 604
  • Average number of words per stanza: 118
  • Amount of lines: 406
  • Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, his, on, in, that, to, day, all, long, taheia, ', me, night, love, for, him, my, there, tapu, fever, now, more, no, her, as, like, lump, he, never, rua, right are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, he, but, taheia, night, ever, for, there, tapu, sleep, braves, terror, the, sheer, it, no, dawn, so, a, sick, hoka are repeated.

    The author used the same words ', now at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines things, ' are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase ' connects the lines.

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