This is an analysis of the poem The Blossoming Of The Solitary Date-Tree. A Lament that begins with:

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Beneath the blaze of a tropical sun the mountain peaks are the Thrones of Frost, through the absence of objects to reflect the rays. 'What no... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab c d XX XeaebaebfXf Xcdcdggg aagagccX aghghaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,1,2,11,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1 010100100101011010011010010001011110111111010001 01010110101 010110010100101010100010101000110111110001100010010101011000010 1 010011010010101010110001001000101100010100010001101100111010000100110001101000100011000010110111100100101101001011001101111101110010 1 1010101001 11000101101 1011010101 0101010001 1101010101 0111011101 1101110011 11110010111 0001010101 11000110011 1 1101010111 1100010001 1011010111 0101110111 101111111 1101000101 110011110001 1 0100010101 11001110101 1100110101 1111010101 0101011111 1101100101 100101110110 1 1011110101 1101110101 1101111101 0101111101 1111010101 11011011111 111111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 294
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, it, and, to, more, my, sweet are repeated.

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