This is an analysis of the poem Brothers O' Mine that begins with:
Brothers o' mine, brothers o' mine,
All the world over, from pole to pole ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: AbabaA Cdcdaeae XaaaaX cdcdaeae XaaaaX fCfcceCe XaaaaX fcfcceCe Agagaa hfhfiaia Acacaa adadcdcd AfafaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10111011 101100101 100100111 1001001001 100101101 10111011 010110101 100101101 1011000001 100110111 1010110101 0101001101 1111011001 01011001001 101110110 1001001001 11111011101 111110101 10001011001 11110110110 011100101 100101101 1001001001 100110111 111110101 010101101 1101011001 0111101001 101110110 1001001001 10111011101 111110101 110101111 11010110110 100101110 010110101 0100100101 1001000001 1011011011 101000111 0011101111 00100111001 101110110 1101011001 01101011001 01001001000 1001001001 11010010110 100101100 11100101 0100100101 1001001001 100100101 100101111 0011101111 101101101001 10111011 1101101001 1001011001 1001011001 1001101001 101101011011 11100111 010111001 100101101 100100101 1101011011 10110111101 1101010001 11001010101 10111011 1011001011 1001001001 1101011111 1001101001 111011011 101110111 11111001 100101101 100101101 110101101 11101101 100111111 111100101 10111011 100101001 110101101 11101111 110101111 11010110110
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 298
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 91
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; brothers, mine, his, of, for, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words all, with, brothers are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase sat connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Brothers O' Mine;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
