This is an analysis of the poem Dance Of The Hanged Men that begins with:

On the black gallows, one-armed friend,
The paladins are dancing, dancing...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABXX XXcd efdb dXbe gdXg edfX hdfa XeXi jafc cXje ABXX X X XXXX XhXX XiXX XeXX XXXX XdXd XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110111 010011010 01010100 01000100 11001101 01011011101 100100001101 1011011101 1010100101111 1110111101 1110101011 1001010000100110 010110111011 1111011011 110110010110 10010011010 10111111101 110111001101 010101001101011 1110110011 0111011111 010110111 1110101001101 10111010010 0101101010011 011011110010 01110010010 11001001011 1111110010 100100111010 01011111101 1001000110101 1111001000101 0100011011001 100110110010101 11001101101 100101010001 100111010 11101000001 1100010010001 10110111 010011010 01010100 01000100 01001 1110 11011010 10101100 11010001 11000100 1010101110 11010110101 111011110010 11101011111 111010100111 1110111001 1101001101000 1110100111010 011110110101 1110011111 11011011111011 10101110 11101011110 111110101 0101111111110 11111101110 010101111 11001101110 11010011101 111010100010 011111111100 01011011101 1111011100 10001011110 1101110010 1101001111 11001011110 1111101011 111001011010 10101111101 10111110111 111101111111 1110111111 10111011000 11110011110 100101111100 11011010 10101100 11010001 11000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 102
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; their, his, les are repeated.

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

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  • history of its creation;
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