This is an analysis of the poem A Brother In Need that begins with:
NOW, rallying once if ne'er again,
With flag at half-mast flown, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbXc ddddefeef gXgbdbddb hXhbXbaab dfdfegeeg gagadiddi jbjbhbhhb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,9,9,9,9,9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110010101 011111 010010111 11010 010101001 010101 10010101 11011100 110111 01111011 0101011 01010101 110101 01110101 1101110 11100101 01011111 0111010 10110101 010110 01011111 010101 11111101 111101 11010001 11011111 001101 11011101 0111001 00111011 001111 11010100 110101 110011101 11110111 0101001 11110101 0101110 01110001 1101010 10110101 110111 010100111 01100101 010111 11110101 111101 01111101 111101 11110101 010111 101111111 11010111 110111 01010101 010101 10011101 010001 01011101 111101 110010101 11010101 011101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 63
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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