This is an analysis of the poem Practising The Anthem that begins with:
A summer wind blows through the open porch,
And, 'neath the rustling eaves,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb bddd cbbb Xefe gheh Xgig ihih bgagXfbf be fX Xjij bhhh gbib bdbd hkhk dceX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,8,2,2,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 0101110101 110101 0101010111 110101 01110101010 100101 11011100111 010101 1101000101 010101 0101010001 001101 1101111111 110101 1101011101 110111 11111101001 1100101 0101011101 110001 0111010101 111111 01000010001 111101 11011010101 111101 0100110101 010110 111101010010 110111 0101110101 111111 1101010111 110111 1101010100 0101001 1101010101 101101 1001010101 010100 1111010101 111011 1111010111 010101 0101110111 0100101 1111110101 111101 0101010101 110101 0101000101 100101 0111000111 010101 0101010101 101111 0111110101 010111 0111010101 110101 1111111111 111110 1101101111 111110
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.
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