This is an analysis of the poem Let Us Fly! that begins with:

Let us fly! It is long past eleven;
The watch-dogs are silent; the moon... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabXbc deXeffff gagaXXXf dhXhaiXi jbjbcfXcf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110011010 01111001 111010010 11101001 1010010010 01101001 1011111010 010110110 110011010 11001101 1011110110 01011001 1010110010 01011001 011110010 01011011 1111110110 01111001 111110010 11011011 010110010 111110110 1111010101 11001011 110010010 11011011 1010010010 11001011 100111010 11001111 010011000 11011111 10010010 11101001 111010010 00101011 1111110010 101110001 111011010 11101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; that, to, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.

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