This is an analysis of the poem Tiare Tahiti that begins with:

Mamua, when our laughter ends,
And hearts and bodies, brown as white,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXddefeaghihggjgkjgcXkc eecebXbggbebeddakajcddcaalmlm Xcecedcdffcgngnioiofa X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,29,21,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1011101 11110111 11010101 11100101 1110101 1110100 101101 1110101 1010101 1110101 111011 11100101 10100111 00010101 11110100 01010111 10011111 01010101 10100111 1110111 10011101 1110111 1011101 01010110 11100000 1110011 10010101 1110111 11000101 1110111 10100001 101101 101010 1111111 1011111 110101 1001101 11100101 11000111 110110101 11011111 1011001 110110111 100101001 10010111 11010101 11110111 01010101 11010001 11110101 11111101 111101110 1101011010 01111101 111111010 1111101 11010 1011101 1010001 10100111 01010101 1010101 1010101 01010001 10010101 1010100 100101 10100111 01010101 11111001 11010101 111011010 10101111 011111010 11010100 1010101 11010001 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 638
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 79
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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