This is an analysis of the poem Mother And Poet that begins with:
I.
Dead ! One of them shot by the sea in the east,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a BAbaA Xcdcdd Xebebb XfbfbX adbdbb afffXf XXgdgg XXbabb Xhdhdd XibibX acXcbX XebXbb Xegegg Xjajaa Xkekee Xebebb XXdadd Xgcgcc Xlelee XBAbaA X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,1,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 11001101001 11001001101 1111111101 111001111001 11111 1 1110101011 10111101011 10100101011 01111111001 11001 1 11101000111 11010111001 001101101101 11111101111 111111 1 11101001101 11001111101 11001001101 11001111101 01101 1 01001111001 11011011011 101001111111 11001001101 01011 1 11111111001 101011011101 001101111001 111101111111 11011 1 111011011010 011001111011 111111101001 0011111001011 011101 1 1110110010111 11111001001 001111011001 11011111101 111001 1 11011111101 101001001101 0010111001001 101101011011 001111 1 11011101011 11101111101 11111100111 110101011111 1011100 1 11011111101 001011101110 011001111111 11101001101 0111010 1 11011101011 1100110101 101011011110111 1111010001011 111001 1 111110110010 11101001101 111010110010 11111011011 001101 1 11001111101 001011001011 11101011001 111101101101 111101 1 11111101011 1010011111111 11001011001 1110011111001 011101 1 1111101011 101101111101 0010101101101 101001001011 11011 1 11011111101 1111110101111 11111001001 111011001101 11111 1 11111111111 11111011001 01011101101 110011011101 010001 1 01111011001 11101011011 101101001111 001110111101 101101 1 11001101001 11001001101 1111001001 11011111001 11111 0110100010010110011011010110
- Amount of stanzas: 22
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 122
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; at, you, to, and, them, then, one, ', mother, ah, of, when, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, when are repeated.
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