This is an analysis of the poem Brothers All that begins with:

Under the toiler's grimy shirt,
Under the sweat and the grease and dirt,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABB ccccddeeeebb ccffbbeeggee ggghhiieebbXAABB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,12,12,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010101 100110111 10011111 001111111 1101 1101 110110101 0100111101 01001 01011 10101 10101 1011 11101 0011110101 11101111011 0101 1101 1100100101 100101101 11101 00101 00111 10111 11101 101001 010110111 111100111 1111 110101111 0101011110 1111 10101 1111 10111 11101 10100 100101111 10101111 10010101 100110111 10011111 001111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, under, with, him, as, he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words under, go, away, and, of, you are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word you at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Brothers All;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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