This is an analysis of the poem The Feud that begins with:

I hear a cry from the Sansard cave,
O mother, will no one hearken?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaaaX bcbbbX bXbbbX XXdddX bebbbX fefffX gXgggX fcfffX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100101 11001110 010010111 0100110101 1010011111001 101110110 111110101 10111010 0100011 1010010001 1011100111 10111010 1011001111 0110101 111110111 1111111 10110111 10111101 110011011 10111010 111100101 101001011101 101101101011 00111010 10111011 101110110 11100110111 1011110111 0010011111 11101010 110011101 10101010 011011111 110110101 01010101 10101010 101111111 10111110 1101110111 11101101001 10110100101 10111110 11011111 10100110 01010111 11010111 11111111 1111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; cry, and, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, and are repeated.

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

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