This is an analysis of the poem Songs Of Rejoicing that begins with:

Songs of rejoicin',
Of love and of cheer,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaabcbcXdedeabaXbXbefXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100 01101 10110101 1101 010110 11011 1011010 01111 10100 01011 010010 11001 010010 01101 111010 01001 10100 11001 011010 01001 010010 01001 010100 11001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 567
  • Average number of words per stanza: 105
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, songs are repeated.

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

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