This is an analysis of the poem A Dirge Of The Morning After that begins with:
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE (wailing dismally):
'Who can deliver us, Lord of our destiny!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcb XXdX defff eggg XfXag XXheX aaiji acjc XXfaf XchaX gXiXi bXgX djfef aciiX hcgXiX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,5,4,5,5,5,4,5,5,5,4,5,5,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001010100 110101101100 1001111001 100101110101 1111111001 100101100100 1001001101 100100100100 110101011 101011 101100110101 1011011011 110100110100 100101101 10010110100 1101001001 101111110111 1001111111 100101000 1101101111101 1011011101 111100101100 1111011011 011000 11010101110 0111000101 100101100100 010001011001 1011100 111100101100 1101001001 110111111111 1001001011 111100100100 1011001001 100111111111 1101001011 100101000 111100100100 1101011001 101100101100 1101011101 001010 110101100111 1011111111 011000100100 1101011001 101001 100100101110 10011011111 111111111111 1111001001 10110110010111 1101011011 101111111111 1110011011 1001010 110100111100 0111011001 101100011111 1001111111 1000 110101111111 1011001001 110100100100 1111111001 01001010 110101110101 110111001 1101011011010 1000100001 11011010100
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 86
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, us, from, or are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase scheme connects the lines.
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