This is an analysis of the poem Ancient Music that begins with:

Winter is icummen in,
Lhude sing Goddamm. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaX XaXX Xa Xa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001000 1110 1011101 110111 110 1011101 11111 10101010 11110 1010111110 110101 1101110 1101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 92
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • 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; goddamm, sing are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines goddamm is repeated).

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase goddamm connects the lines.

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