This is an analysis of the poem Echoes that begins with:

Brothers!....
(That is to say, those of you that are.... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaaaXcdXXeeXaXafffeeggbbXXhhXaXXhggiicccjjgggXggeeXXXggdcXkkeedXffkddXaXgiijjgfXfgdlemXfXaaeedenddXamlmXXnfejfgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 115,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 100110111 1100011010111111 10 101010100100110 01111111001 00110100010100101 01111101010100100101010100101011101110 11111100100101001 011001010101010101 00100111110011010 11010011100111101 110011 100111111101110101 111110101011110 1001010101000101010 10101001010101010 100111010110010110 0111101011110011101011001010110100011010 111001001011011010011100111111110010 11111111010101011101110111100101100100110001 10001 11 11111111010010 1011101111010010 11001101010101010001010011011010111111 110101001100101100100110011001 100111101011101010 110100001011111011011010110 0110110010100100101101010101011011111010100100101001 100110100111 101101101110101010 10001001110101010 0100010101111101010 1011011100101 1111111101111 111011111010110110001110110101110 1011011100101000101110010 11110100100100011011111110111110000111 111101111111001111 10100100010010101111010100011110110001010111010110010111100101 10010010101101 11001 010101010101010 11001111110101010 1100101111010111011101 1011 11110100110010111011101001001110100001011101001 0110001011001001000001111001101011100111 01010011111010010 01100110001101001110101010 1110001 110100001 01010100001001011110 0101 0100010110110100011101110111 1111000100010110111010110101111111001010 1010101101010100010 11110001000100110010101 101001010110100100100010010110001000100100100 1000100110101110 11010100 10100100 0110110110101 100101 1100010010010101011 1000101010101110 1111000010001000111101000001001 10010101 100110100101001001010 01010111 111 11010111001111011111 11101 110010 1101 110101010011111 10010101 111011101001010101001 101110101 10010 0010010100101 11011110001011011101110 1001010010101 1101111001011111010 11111111111010001101101000101101110011 110011011010011110 1010001001111010010 11010101010001000101 01110 1111111101010110001001001010101110110101 0110101111001010010 1001100101011 010011111 010111010111100001101 11001111100111111 10111011101011011 1111010111111101 11011101110011100 10011101110110100010101001111111 01010110011011111 10 110100100010011111010100011110011001011010101000101010100100 1 101011101010101100110 100100001 1110011101 101001010100110 101110100010101111000011111110100101110101101001011011000001101001110101100011010110101010110110 010010 111111100101110100100 11101000011011111000 1010010 110101101111110110 110110101010101010001000101010101010001011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 8908
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1611
  • Amount of lines: 115
  • Average number of symbols per line: 76 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 14
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; from, nor, ', i, and, him, for, brothers, this, they, sound, in, ye, what, say, of, he, to, it, be, as, echoeth, ripe, have, when are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words nor, him, in, and are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ', and are repeated).

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