This is an analysis of the poem Rivera Honeymoon that begins with:

Beneath the trees I lounged at ease
And watched them speed the pace;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abCbdb efdfXf eghgdg idXdjd bkakdk hfifdf gbXbjb dXheae jfjfifXabCbeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010111011 110101 11111111 110101 01110111 010101 11111111 111101 010010111 1100001 01011001 010101 10111101 010011 11010101 111101 11010111 110111 01011101 010101 110111010 010111 101011110 011101 11011101 1101010 010101010 1111110 11110001 0101110 101011101 010101 11110111 111101 11011101 111101 101111111 111101 11111111 111101 11011111 111101 01011111 1111010 11010101 111101 01010101 011001 11110111 000101 01010111 110101 01110111 010101 01011111 110101 11111111 110101 111101011 0101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; they, and, we are repeated.

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

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