This is an analysis of the poem The Pearl Of Them All that begins with:

Gaily in front of the stockwhip
The horses come galloping home,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabaacdc efgfbchc aieidcec fcicjibijkjkXcec bgcghcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,16,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010010 01011001 10110110 01101001 110010010 01001001 110110010 11001001 10100110010 11001001 110011010 11101011 111010110 11001011 110011110 11001001 110110111 11111011 1110011010 11001001 110010010 01011001 110011010 01001001 11111011 11001001 010110011 11011001 1111010111 11001111 110010010 11011111 1110110110 01111001 011010011 11101000 111011110 11111001 1110010010 11001001 111111011 11111101 1010110110 11101011 111111010 11111111 111110010 01001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 349
  • Average number of words per stanza: 72
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, his, with, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Pearl Of Them All;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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