This is an analysis of the poem The Poet's Song that begins with:

I HID in the world and sang,
And I sang so loud and long... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabXcbcabXabaXaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100111 1111111 110101 0010011 1100111 1 11001001 1100101 111001011 11001001 1100101 1 1111101 1011101 11011010 110101 11111010 1 1010010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 535
  • Average number of words per stanza: 108
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, i, sang, of are repeated.

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

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