This is an analysis of the poem Abba Thule's Lament For His Son Prince Le Boo that begins with:

I climb the highest cliff; I hear the sound
Of dashing waves; I gaze intent around;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbcXccccddaacceeffggbbccXdaaggccddaacXddaaaaddaacchhffhhXabbhhaaiiaahh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 72,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101011101 0101110101 1101110100 01010111101 0101111101 1111111110 1111100111 0001111101 1110010111 0101111101 1101111111 0111010101 10010010111 1101010101 1101011101 1101111101 01010100001 01010101001 1001011011 0101101101 1111110111 0001000101 1011011101 0101011111 01010010111 0111010101 10110110010 0011010101 1101010111 1101011101 1101010101 11110001001 1111011101 1011000101 1101010111 11010001001 1101011001 1101111101 1001110111 1101010110 1101100101 0101111111 1100110111 1011010101 1101110111 1101010111 1001110111 1111111111 11111011011 11001111111 11110010111 0101011111 1101010001 1101010101 101110001101 1001010001 0111011101 0101001101 11001101100 0110111101 1111010101 00111010101 1111011101 1101011101 0101100111 10101110101 1101010101 0101000101 1101010101 01011100101 1101010101 1011111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 577
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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