This is an analysis of the poem 'Fathercraft' that begins with:
Well (said the small, meek man) we look for change
In this sad world, for these are stirring days;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXX bbbbcc dXdXdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101111111 0011111101 1111010111 1111001101 111100101110 1001010100 1101111101 1101110101 1111110101 1011010111 1101010101 11110101101 0101111011 1010110100 1101010111 1101110101 1111111111 1110011111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 276
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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 word and is repeated.
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