This is an analysis of the poem Only The Sound Will Last that begins with:
Why shall I mind, why?
Birds fled to the aquatic side,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbCCc dee ef Afaaf bgX A af AdXcX A AXd aXgbd AXede ae bXfheXbd cA Ahcb ff ff XfA Xc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,2,5,3,1,2,5,1,3,5,5,2,8,2,4,2,2,3,2,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11111 11000101 010100 010100 11111 1010011111 011101001 10111100011011 11010110 0010010101 11111 011010111 1111 01010101101 00101000101 001000111001 1001001 00101001 11111 10011011 101001010101 111 11011011 1100101 00101101 1111 11111 111 11010101 01100101 11100001 1101 00010101 10101 110101001 111 01001001101 1000100010001 100011111101 0001010001 11111 11101001001011 11101 100110101 100101 10100101 101011 1000101 111 100101 00101111 11111 111 1101101 101010011 1010101010001 1110101011 10101001000100 11101010101 0010001 10001010010101 10001010 111 01010100011101
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, why, to, sound, about are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, why, i, and, sound, legacy are repeated.
The author used the same words why, don at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines vertical, why are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases why, sound connect the lines.
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