This is an analysis of the poem Vignettes Overseas that begins with:

I. Off Gilbatrar
BEYOND the sleepy hills of Spain,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcbdebeXcfXfegcgcbbgghhiejkjgblbXcdKdgmKmhhkhXgcccbgbgnanjnccmckXnknhgfiXaoaoggffXcflfbeoeXNgngoNan
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 101,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100 01010101 01110101 01010101 01010100 10010011 11110101 11010001 11010001 1110 11110111 111101010 11011100 0101010 01110101 11010101 11010101 11011101 110 1001100110001 1000101010001 100011100101 101010111110 1010101010101 111110011111 110 11011101 11111001 11011100 1011 11110101 011100101 10110101 1111 1111100 1101001 111111 0101010 1001 110101 110101 0101010 1001 1111110 111111 1111110 1111 110010 11110101 011100010 10010101 1001010 10010111 11010111 01110111 011111 11 110101 100101 110001 1000101 110101 110101 111101 0100001 10 01110010 110111 10010010 110101 1111110 111101 1101110 110100 101000100 0101010001 0101010101 0101010101 1101010100 1101010101 1111011101 11111111110 10010001010 110 0111001 01010 0100101 11010 101111 01111 00110101 0101 110 011111 101101 11111 010111 111110 011111 11101110 101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2972
  • Average number of words per stanza: 565
  • Amount of lines: 101
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; of is repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase silence connects the lines.

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