This is an analysis of the poem Song From Aella that begins with:

O SING unto my roundelay,
O drop the briny tear with me; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaBBA cdcdBBA cacaBBA ededBBA ababBBA fbfbBBA XXXaBBA gagaBBA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101100 11010101 1111100 1010100 1101 10011 1100111 10110101 10110101 10110101 11100101 1101 10011 1100111 10110101 1011110 1010101 11110111 1101 10011 1100111 1010101 0010101 1011111 0011111 1101 10011 1100111 1011111 1001111 1010101 1010101 1101 10011 1100111 1011111 10101001 1110101 1010001 1101 10011 1100111 0111101 1010101 11101110 1110110 1101 10011 1100111 1010111 1110101 1110011 1111111 1101 10011 1100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; whiter is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word tree at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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