This is an analysis of the poem Human Family that begins with:
I note the obvious differences
in the human family....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abcb dXXb aeXe addf ffXg eXcd Xaba dfXg AXaX AX AX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,2,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101001000 0010100 1011100 111100 1011111 111000 11011101 010100 001000111 1010101 11111110 11111 11010101 1101001 11010001 111101 1111010 111101 1111101 110001 1011100 111101 110111001 110111 1111010 111101 1111010 111101 1101011 111101 0101110 010101 1101001000 011111 11110111 111100 1110111 111100 1110111 111100
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 100
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, in, we are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words some, the, we, and, in are repeated.
The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word unalike at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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