This is an analysis of the poem Who Were 'The Father And The Son' that begins with:

Who were 'the Father and the Son'
We pondered when a child,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba Xaba XcXX dXbc edfdXefaf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110101 110101 11110101 110101 0100010 111101 11111111 111001 11110101 010101 11010101 110101 11100100 1101001 11011001 110100 11011101 110100 01011111 110100 111100101 010100 11110101 010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; and, we are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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