This is an analysis of the poem Magnolia Shoals that begins with:

Up here among the gull cries
we stroll through a maze of pale...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aba bcb cXc bdb dea ede dfd faX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101011 1110101 1101011 1000101 1101101 1011101 1101011 001000 1001011 1100101 1011111 0111011 0110111 0111101 1010111 1100101 1010111 0110100 0100001 0100101 0010101 0110111 1101001 1100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 90
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

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  • summary of Magnolia Shoals;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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