This is an analysis of the poem Kathleen that begins with:
It was the steamer Alice May that sailed the Yukon foam.
And touched in every river camp from Dawson down to Nome....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeebb ffaaddggddffdd XhaXhheXXXiX fXddhheeXX aaffjjkkjX hXbbjjbX hhbbddiihhdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,14,12,10,10,8,12,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01010101110111 110100101010101 01010101010101 11010101011001 110101011101010 110101010101010 11000001110101 11010101111111 11111101010101 01011101010111 111111111101001 01011101010101 11111101010111 11010101011101 11010101010101 11111111101101 11010100110101 11010101011101 11010100010001 11010001010101 11001111101001 11110101110101 11110101111001 11010101010111 11110101010101 11010011010101 11010101101101 1101010010101 101011100111000101 101101100101010 11010101101101 1010111111100011 101010111010101 11011100010101 01110101111101 110111110011110 010111011011111 110111111110100 111111010101101 111111111111010 11111001111101 101010101111101 01011101110101 110101101100111 110111011111101 11111101111101 01011011110001 110111010101110 01011101011101 11011010111000101 01110111110101 11010101110111 01011011111101 11010101011111 11010101010111 11111101110111 1111100111111 110101111111010 11010101110101 100010101010101 11110101010101 11010101110101 110001111100001 10101110011111 11011001110101 1101111111000100 01011101110101 11010111110101 11010101110101 1101011010010101 11110101110101 11111111110101 101111111011111 1101110101010001 11011101010011 111000111010101 11010101111101 110101010110010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 685
- Average number of words per stanza: 128
- Amount of lines: 78
- Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, and, he, to, my, your, she, you, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words who, he, i are repeated.
The author used the same word now at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Kathleen;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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