This is an analysis of the poem The Death-Day Of Korner that begins with:
A song for the death-day of the brave
A song of pride!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABaB Xcdc dbdb efef ABAB gege eeee ehehXABAB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011011001 0101 011100101 00101 110010110 1111 110100101 1001 110011101 0101 1100100101 10101 1010100101 0111 1010111111 0101 011011001 0101 111100101 00101 1110100101 0101 1010101101 101101 1010010101 1111 10100100101 0101 101110101 0101 10010011 0111 011011001 0101 111100101 00101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, and are repeated.
The author used the same words he, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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