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I. HISTORY
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  • Rhyme scheme: a b cbcbdefe ge ecXcXefe Xe ccecdefe de hiXijefe ge ccccjefe ke a b ccbB hhhh iibB hhggkkbB ddkkjjbB eeffffbB g f leehlXeXgg dddkgglXeGXdbbkgghghG
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,8,2,8,2,8,2,8,2,8,2,1,1,4,4,4,8,8,8,1,1,10,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100 111101 010110101 111101 010110101 011101 011110101 1110111 1110110101 00100111 001001001001 00100111 11011111 110101 0100010 110101 110100111 00100101 0110111101 00100111 001001101001 10100111 010110101 11000111 110010111 1110101 1010100101 10100111 111010111 00100111 001001001001 00100111 11011111 110111 110111111 110111 1010100101 1100101 111010101 0100111 0100101001 0101111 010110101 1111101 1010111101 11001011 110101111 10100101 1110100101 0100111 0100101001 0100111 10100 111101 01001111001 111011011011 101111101011 11001001001 10001111101 101001001001 101001001101 111001101011 11011001001 111011011101 001001001101 11001001001 11000111111 101001011001 11011101111 01101011011 01101011001 01111011011 01001101101 11001001001 11001011011 101001101001 11111011001 01011111111 111011001011 11001001011 11001001001 11001001001 01011001001 11011101001 01001001001 101001001001 1010010001001 01011011001 11010001111 11001001001 10101010 111101 1101 1101 11101010110101 10101 10101 1101010110110101 110110101 01101100 110010101 10101010 01101 101101 111010000011101 111 10101 111010100010101 1110110101 00101010 110100101 00101010 100101 010101 110111110110101 100111 00100101 11110101011101 11100101111 1010110010 1010010111 00101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 25
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 124
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; raid, race, we, nobs, lot, so, chaps, mugs, and, you, of, for, half, two, straight, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, they, and, twice, half, where are repeated.

    The author used the same words the, our at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same words are, day, mathematics at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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