This is an analysis of the poem Out On The Roofs Of Hell that begins with:

SING us a song in this cynical age,
Sing us a song, my friend,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd ECeC fgfgeDed gcbchDhd ieiecdcdXECeC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,8,8,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101001001 110111 10110101101 1110101 100100111 10110101 1011110111 110101 11101111 111011 10010111 111011 110111101 1110101 1111100111 0101111 101001101001 1000111 0110110111 100101 110100111 000101 111110111 101101 1111100111 1000111 111100101 0110101 1101110101 1110111 0100100111 11110101 11110101 11100111 110110111 110101 11101111 111011 11010111 111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • 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; and, for, wool, tallow, hides, we are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word hell at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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