This is an analysis of the poem A Curse For A Nation that begins with:
I heard an angel speak last night,
And he said 'Write!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbX ccdd ccbX AAeX Xfaa Xbgh hhee aaeX AAaX eeeX AAbb aacX ccbb h eeaiiA aaajjA jjaXbA ddajjaA kkgllgA mmneenA aaloolA ggfoofA aapjjpAXeeghhgA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,6,6,6,7,7,7,7,7,15,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110111 1111 1010111 110100101 11010101 1111 010101010 011101110 11111101 1111 010010101 11110101 1000011111 1101 00100101010 1100001010 11110100 1101 111111101 010100101 11110111 0101 110010110 1100111101 11010101 0101 1100101011 1111001010 111000100 1111 110010101 11010101010 1000011111 1101 011110111 011101110 11110101 1111 110101101 101110111 1000011111 1101 11011111 11110111 11111101 111 010010101 010111011 11111101 1111 11110111 110100101 01 011110111 001 011100101 11110111 11010101 00011 01101101 001 01011101 11110101 11011101 00011 01110011 001 01000111 11011100 010010101 00011 11111010 101010010 11111 110111 01001001 11111 00011 1111101 00101101 11011 11001001 1101011 11001 00011 1111111 010101 01001 11001101 11101001 101111 00011 10111001 11101001 101001 0101111 11101001 11011 00011 1111111 111001001 101011 111111011 111101111 01111 00011 1111111 11111101 1111001 111001011 01001001 101001 00011 101011101 1111001 010110 10101001 01100101 00101 00011
- Amount of stanzas: 24
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 120
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, ye, curse are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word go is repeated.
The author used the same words i, 'for, because, ye, when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same words ', write at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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