This is an analysis of the poem To The Sons Of Labour that begins with:

GRAVE this deep in your hearts,
Forget not the tale of the past!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcdcXbdccebfbdefghihXcgdcjfbbXkdbbdifaXjXk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 44,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011 01101001 101001 11001111 101010 1101001 101001 101101 111101 101011 1111100 0111110 111011 010010110 111111 101011 1111110 1110101 11101011 11011110 11111 110101 10101001 1110101 0101101 110101 01001101 11111 01001011 1101111 101111 01001001 010101 11111 100111 100111 01011010 001001110 00101101 101001101001001 10101101 0101011 01001001 01011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1340
  • Average number of words per stanza: 244
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; drill, when are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, to, we, in, the are repeated.

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