This is an analysis of the poem Some Songs After Master Singers that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: a b c deedFfFGG gccgFfFGG X X X aahhiieXiieejjhhiikXfX bX X l X fhfh fafa Xaem eleX X a k jjaiiAA aaXkknn AA a m a bb hXXhkkX a j d eeeehh amffee hheeXhhhnnhXaaiiiicXeeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,9,9,1,1,1,22,2,1,1,1,4,4,4,4,1,1,1,7,7,2,1,1,1,2,7,1,1,1,6,6,24,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1 1 1001 00110110111 10101 10111 111100101 11 11111111 1111 001101101 010110101 00110110111 11101 10101 111100111 11 101011101 1111 001101101 010110101 1 00110 1 1010111 1111100 1110101 0110101 11111001 1110101 0110101 1000100 1010111 101000101 1011111 0111101 10100101 1010111 1000111 00110101 00100111 1100101 1010101 1011100 1110101 10111110 1011101 1011100 1 01010 1 01010101 010100 11110001 010101 110111001 101001 01011101 110101 11011000 110101 11010101 010100 11001101 110100 11010001 110100 1 1001 1 10011111 1101001001 11111101 1101001001 010110101 100111001 1110101 101111001 10100101 111100110 10100110101 11100111 1010100101 1010111 100111001 1110101 1 100 11 11011000110 111101001110 11001111010 01011101100 01011101010 10100100011 11111110101 10011101011 10011001000 1 10010 1001 11010101 11001111 00110011 11010101 01011101 11010101 01010110 11011100 01010111 11110101 11010101 10111100 10010101 10111101 01010011 11010101 11011100 11010101 11110111 011101001 10111101 00110101 01011101 110101000 11011111 10011001 10110111 01000011 01001101 11110101 100110011 111001000 110110111 11110001 11011101 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 34
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 145
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, so, rare, me, with, ', of are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word with at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines that is repeated).

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

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