This is an analysis of the poem Somebody Spoke A Cheering Word that begins with:

SOMEBODY spoke a cheering word,
Somebody praised his labor,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdeeX fafaaagggd fgfghhXii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 1101010 110100111 11111010 110100101 110100101 11101010 111100101 111100111 11111110 100010111 0110101 1100110111 1010101 110100100 010100101 1010101 111010011 1011101001 1101100 111111101 1111111 1010111101 0010101 1100101111 0011010111 1011101 1110100111 101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 338
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; his, he, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words somebody, he, and are repeated.

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