This is an analysis of the poem If Cohen Would that begins with:
O, Cohen, hear our song of sentiment!
Withdraw thy sordid thoughts from cent. per cent.,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXb bbcdeebb aacdffbb bbbbeefX ggdchhcX iicd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,8,8,8,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101110100 0111010111 11010100101 110101 0101010101 1111010111 011100111 1100110100 1111011101 1101011101 1111011101 010101 0101010100 1101010111 0110111101 0111001100 1111010101 1111011101 11010110101 111101 0101010111 11001101101 1111110111 1001011111 0101111011 0110011001 1111110111 110101 0111011011 1101001101 0101110100 101100011 1111110111 1101010101 1101110101 11011 1100111101 1101110111 1101010111 110100
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 264
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, we, our are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word if at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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