This is an analysis of the poem So Long In Coming that begins with:
When shall I hear the thrushes sing,
And see their graceful, round throats swelling? ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaababA cdcdeaeA efefgXga
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 111101110 11110111 011101110 11110101 010101010 11011111 010011010 01110001 111010010 11011111 110101010 11111111 110101110 11111101 010011010 01010111 011111110 11011111 111101110 11110001 110111110 11110011 111011010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 312
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; i, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, i are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word coming at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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