This is an analysis of the poem Darling Daughter Of Babylon that begins with:

Too soon you wearied of our tears.
And then you danced with spangled feet,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbXcdc efafbede gfefcfXf ahahffXX giaiXiai
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11110011 11110101 101001001 0100101001 01110101 100110101 11010111 11111001 11110101 01110101 11111101 10111101 111100111 11101101 11110111 01010101 10100101 11010101 01110111 111011111 11010001 11001101 10110100 01011001 110111101 11110101 11111001 11011111 10011101 11011111 101101101 1100010110 10100101 01010100 11011001 010100001 01010101 010001111 01111101 111101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 290
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; your is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Darling Daughter Of Babylon;
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