This is an analysis of the poem The Same Old Song that begins with:

Mothers, out of the mother-heart,
Fashion a song both soft and low,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbABCc dedebb bfbfbX gagabB chchii XhbgbB bjbjbbXAbAbCc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100101 10011111 11011101 10010011 11010101 100010101 10101001 10111111 10011101 010100101 1111101 010010101 1111101011 10100111 010011101 001010101 11111011 10010011 1110111001 1100100101 10011101 1010111 100111001 10010011 10100101 11111001 110010100 000101101 10010111 10011101 11111111 1110111001 100100101 100100101 10011101 10010011 1111101 11011101 01011101 101100101 101000111 110110011 10100101 10011111 11011101 10010011 11010101 100010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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, ', of are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Same Old Song;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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