This is an analysis of the poem Of All The Sounds Despatched Abroad that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abXXaXXX XXbcXXdcXbcXXXaX dXXbabXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,16,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 010110001 110101 111100010 11001000 011000101 1101010 11010010100 0101110 010000010 0101010 01010101 110101 01010100 11010100 11010101 110001 11010101 110111 01110001 110101 111111010 110101 11110101 010100 11110101 0111110 110111010 100000001 10110101 110001 1101 11110 0101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 259
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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