This is an analysis of the poem Kubla Khan that begins with:
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree :... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaabccXbdX cecceffgghheeaaaaiiededjj eXccXbfbfijiiijccj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,25,18,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01000101 01010101 11010101 110100001 100101 111100011 011100101 1101010101 11010101101 1101010101 1001010100 111101010110 10110101010 01011101010 110010101110 11010101010 100100101110 10010111010 0101010011 0111110001 1101010101 1101010101 11110111110 01110001010 1100100001010 1111010101 11010100001 11010001010 1101010101 010101001 011001010 1011101 11101010 0010101 0101000101 0101010101 01000100 0010111 01101101 11010011 1001100 1101011 010011 010101111 1010111 1111101 11011101 11111101 11110101 01010101 1010111 11110101 11110111 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 690
- Average number of words per stanza: 118
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, a are repeated.
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