This is an analysis of the poem The Camel-Rider that begins with:

There is no thing in all the world but love,
No jubilant thing of sun or shade worth one sad tear.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcD efgh chgi hjkd Xcgk chhl XXfm Afhd glhc ghcg jlgf khec Anjc gcXl cccf inja kcgj cbhf fcff ghXj jjfh mfghXhbcD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011010111 1100101111111 1111110101 1010110101 1111110101 1111110111101 1111110011 01110001111 1110010011 010111101111 0111111001 1001010011 10111100101 111101010111 0101011111 1101110101 1001010100 110111010111 0110110101 0011010101 01111101101 010101101101 0100010111 1101001101 11011101010 100101111101 1101010111 1101110011 1101010111 1001011100111 0110010111 1011111111 0111110011 110111010101 1011000101 0011011011 11101110001 0101001101101 1100111011 1101110011 1100010001 001101011111 1111110011 1001101111 01001110001 101111110111 1111011011 11110111010 1101010111 1111111001001 0110010100 0101000101 0101110011 1000111101101 0100011000 1111110111 0101110111 011111111111 1001011101 1011111101 1101010001 010111011101 0100011011 0100010111 1100110001 100111001101 1111000100 0101111101 1101010111 100101011101 1101011101 1011111101 101100010010 100100100111 11111000110 0111010111 1011001101 101101001101 1011011000 1011111111 1111110101 101101000111 101110100010 1111111111 1011011101 1011010011111 1101111111 10110011111 1111000101 110111011111 1111011101 1010110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 23
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 92
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, of, where, in, them, their, her, what, my, or are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words i, the, she at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of The Camel-Rider;
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