This is an analysis of the poem The Latest Chinese Outrage that begins with:
It was noon by the sun; we had finished our game,
And was passin' remarks goin' back to our claim;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXccddeXfX gXaafXXXXghg aaffddXdbbbbhb cciiddXXccccXX jjkkllkkcXlXllXl lXiibXbblb aaXefflXllcX ggeedXXdfd ggddaallccXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,14,14,16,10,12,10,12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011101111011 111001101011 111001110001 0010101111001 11001011001 001101101101 111111011101 101001011011 011011 111100 110110 11001 11111011001 111111111011 110111101011 11001111001 101001111001 11001111101 11111011101 01011111010 1101 111111 110110 01111 101011111111 11011011011 111011101001 101101101001 111011101001 101111001011 11011011011 1101101001 101111111011 111001011011 1011 11101 010010 11011 111101011001 001101011011 111011111 11111111 1101101111 1110111111 111111111 01111111 1100101111 10111111001 11001 1111 11011 1111 111111011001 011101011001 111101101001 101111011001 111111011101 00101101011 1011110111001 11111000101 11011001111 101011110100 111101101111 1010011011110 01111 11111 101010 01111 11111011101 110011011110 111101101101 111101011111 101111011001 11011001001 11011 11101 1110101 1011 11101101111 11011111001 11101011011 11001001001 101001001011 010001001101 111001001001 1001110111010 11111 01011 111110 11001 001111001111 110111001011 111101111101 111001001001 11111001001 11001011001 110010 11101 111110 11001 101101111011 101011011101 101101011001 11101011101 101101011001 001011001011 101011011111 11111011011 101001 01001 010010 01101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 511
- Average number of words per stanza: 99
- Amount of lines: 112
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, catchee, me, no, of, man, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, me, they, there are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines hillside, man are repeated).
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