This is an analysis of the poem Song Of A Brigadier that begins with:
I wear a splendid uniform;
I ride a splendid nag;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbcdeD fghghdgd ieXXhdcd jafajdaD jeieidkdXkihikdkd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 110101 11111100 010101 11010101 010111 11111101 100101 11010101 010111 10010101 111111 11011101 110001 110110001 110101 11001101 110101 01011111 111001 11011101 110101 11110111 010101 11011111 011101 11011100 111111 11110111 110111 11010101 100101 01010111 010111 11011101 111111 01111100 111101 01010101 010101 1110001 110101 1110101 110101 11010111 111111 11010001 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word brigadier at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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