This is an analysis of the poem Tin Can On The Mountain-Top that begins with:
Tomato-can, of thee I sing:
bright beacon of liberty and civilization,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcXXdaXebefXcgXhaijhfXcdiXggfgcXXjXXbg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 39,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01110111 1100100110010 100011 110100 01010010011010100 1101 10001101001010 01011101000 001110101011111110101 1010010101010 10100110011011 011101010010 10101101 00111001 100011010101 10100110 110110 101010 011010100101 0101111101 0010010 01010001 01010010111000 00110100111 1010110111 010101 100100100111 110100010101 1110111110 0101100111010 10110010101 110100100011 11011010110101101011010100 1111110100 1011101101011 0100101101000 011010011010 01110100010 1011010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1638
- Average number of words per stanza: 272
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; of, and, by, cosmic are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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