This is an analysis of the poem How Shall He Sing Who Hath No Song? that begins with:
How shall he sing who hath no song?
He laugh who hath no mirth?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaaabaaaaabXabab bccXXaabddeeXaaaaababb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,22,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111111 111111 01010101 11010111 01001101 110101 11111111 11010101 110100101 110101001 1101011 11111001 11011110 11010111 01110101 11111111 111111 10010101 110111 11010101 011101 111101 10111111 01110101 11010101 11110101 11010101 10110100 11000101 01001101 01010001 10111101 11110101 11110101 110101 10101101 10011101 111111001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 447
- Average number of words per stanza: 84
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; must, wait, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words must, shalt, and are repeated.
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