This is an analysis of the poem Ballade Of Dead Republics that begins with:
Tell me ye King-craft of to-day
Where is Athens, who made men free; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaabXcbC abaaacbC aaaaacaC b XcbC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,1,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111001 10101111 110010101 011010100 11110011 11010100 111010100 010010101 1110011 1001010100 010101001 010010101 11110101 110010001 11110100 010010101 10101101 101001101 110101111 1100110101 11100001 1100100111 111101111 010010101 10 110101101 010100011 110010100 010010101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word all at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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