This is an analysis of the poem John Dunmore Lang that begins with:

The song that is last of the many
Whose music is full of thy name,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdeeeefefe fefecfcf ghghgdgd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011010010 11001011 010110110 01011001 110010010 11011001 111010010 01001011 011111010 01111101 010010010 11101011 110011110 11001011 110111010 11111011 110111010 111001011 010110010 10111001 110010010 11011011 110010110 11001001 010110010 11011001 111011010 01001001 011011110 01001101 1010010010 11001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 369
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; thy, of are repeated.

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

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