This is an analysis of the poem Breitmann As An Uhlan. that begins with:

VOT gollops at mitnight,
Mit h'roolah and yell, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabacdXd XEfeEgXH XcXcXdcd eeXeXXiX aijXjjhj XgagXddd XdbXXdXd dkkXXdXX dibXedXd ccaXedXX XaXaXiXX iiciXccc XXXlXicX XmcmieXe bdedXdXd aliXmeXX XdXdXcXX XEfeEgXH
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110 1111011 1110110 11101 110011 11001 111100 01011 110010 11001 11111 110011 1100110 01011 11111000 1001010 111001 111101 110010 11001 101001 111001 1111110 11001 111011 111001 11111010 11001 010010 011011 11111011 11111101 110010 11001 100010 11111 1010110 11001 11001110 11101 010010 11011 11001 010011 111010 11011 11101 101001 1110110 11011 110110 11111 1011110 111111 1111110 11011 111010 01001 11111 111111 11011 111011 11010 111111 11101101 001001 111110 11011 011010 11011 101111 111001 111010 11101 11110010 01101 110010 01001 1010010 110110 111100 11101 111110 01101 110110 11111 11011 1010110 111010 11001 111110 11101 010010 11011 11011 11111011 111010 11110 1010010 01001 101001 0101101 10101111 0110010 111110 11111 111110010 01101 111011 111111 0100100 1011 110110 11001 11111010 01001 11001 1110101 111110 11111 11001 101101 101011 1101100 11111110 1111101 111011 111110 101110 11111 101110 11011 1110110 11010 010010 01001 1110010 11001 11111 010011 1100110 11011 11111000 1001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 144
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; dey, de, for, how, der are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words dey, how, und, hei, de are repeated.

    The author used the same word 'ho at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines on is repeated).

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