This is an analysis of the poem From In Egypt that begins with:

O WHEN the desert blossomed like a mystic silver rose,
And the moon shone on the palace, deep guarded to the gate,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eaea Xfgf ahaX bXbX agagXhhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010101010101 10111010110001 11010101110111 11010101110111 1101101001001 01010100010001 10111010010101 11000101011101 10101010010111 01010101111101 1101110111101 11110101110001 11010101011000 010111010010101 11010101111101 01011101110011 10110101111001 11000101111111 11110101011101 11010100010111 01010101011001 101101101010100 11101011010101 11010101110001 01110101111100 11011111110001 01010101110001 11011111011101 1111010011011 0100101011101 010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (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; and, he, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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