This is an analysis of the poem Iceland First Seen that begins with:
Lo from our loitering ship a new land at last to be seen;
Toothed rocks down the side of the firth on the east guard a weary wide lea,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abababb cdcdcee dfdfdgg fffffhX ififihXXahahadd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,15,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101100101111001 11101001101101011 11101101110011001 101101101001001101 1101101101001110 0101100101110111011 1100110111101001 111111011111110010 000111101001001 1010110111111111110 111101110111001 1001001101011010 11110110111101001 101001101100101001 11111101101001101 0101000111101001 10101100111011101 10100101011011101 11111101011011011 01111101011001001 11101101001101001 11011001001011101 11101101001011011 110010010101001101 11011001011001001 1010111111010111111 011001101011011011 10110100111111111000 110010110001011101 001011101001111001 11101001011101001 1110100101011001 110011001110001111 11001111101111011 1111101101111010 111101111001001 1101001101011011 101011111101001111 1010011111101001001 1111011111001111 1111001001011001 111010101101101001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 505
- Average number of words per stanza: 99
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 71 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 14
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, that, no, i, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, or, more are repeated.
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