This is an analysis of the poem 21st September 1870 that begins with:
Speak low, speak little; who may sing
While yonder cannon-thunders boom?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaX cdcd efefXbfbf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11110111 11010101 110011111 11010101 11011101 01010101 01010101 01010101 11010101 01010111 11111101 111111001 11101101 11010111 01111101 111101001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, she are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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