This is an analysis of the poem Lewti, Or The Circassian Love-Chaunt that begins with:

At midnight by the stream I roved,
To forget the form I loved.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaAA bcbcddccAA deddeeefXfXAa ghgghgcgcgggAa ggagiaieeAa jjjjaajhjhee kkjajaaeeiiXbcbcggaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,10,13,14,11,12,20,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101110 0010111 10010011 01110011 01110111 1011001 1011001 1011101 01110011 11010101 11110101 1010101 10010011 01110011 11010101 1000101 11011101 01010101 1010111 1011101 0011101 110100111 101111110 11011111 101101010 110010111 01010001 01010101 01010111 010111001 01110111 01010001 11000101 1010111 01010001 11110101 11111100 11011111 01011101 110010111 11111101 11010001 1111101 11101101 01010111 1011101 11010101 01011111 111111110 010111010 110010111 11010001 11101010 101001110 110001010 110001010 01011111 11001101 110110110 110011001 110111010 01110101 11001101 01111111 11011101 11011101 000101010 010011001 100111010 11010101 11110101 11110101 1010011 11110101 1010101 11111001 11111111 11110111 11101101 11010111 01011111 11010111 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 348
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 83
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; and, with, away, it, my, i are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word kind 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 away connects the lines.

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