This is an analysis of the poem To The Union Savers Of Cleveland that begins with:

Men of Cleveland, had a vulture
Sought a timid dove for prey... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb XdXd aefe addd agag XhXh cigi ijXj fdad dkgk illl
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 1010111 11101010 1010101 11101010 1000111 11101010 0111101 11101010 1011111 10111010 1010111 10101010 1110101 10111010 1111111 111010010 1010101 10101010 10100101 11101110 1010101 11001110 1010111 10101110 1110001 11111010 1110111 10101110 1011001 10100010 1000101 11101010 1010101 11101010 1010111 11111011 1010101 11111010 1011101 11111010 1010001 11111010 00101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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