This is an analysis of the poem The Song Of The Ungirt Runners that begins with:
We swing ungirded hips,
And lightened are our eyes,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abABcdcd bebebfbf ABabcgcg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111001 110111 010111 111111 111111 110011 1110111 10111 010001 110111 010101 111101 1010101 1011101 1110101 10111 010111 111111 1010101 1011001 0101110 110011 11101110 10111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 218
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; we, and, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, and are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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