This is an analysis of the poem The Ballad Of The Elder Son that begins with:
A son of elder sons I am,
Whose boyhood days were cramped and scant,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd ebebbebe fgfgdddd ahahidfd agagjdjd fkfklili egegiiXi bdbdXgeg Imjmeded Igigbibi clclaaaa jmemdidi iXikdidi bkbkiaia ededieie ajajhchc ddddcbcb jkekdddd nenedhdh obobbdbd ijaXidid ofofdjdj didijfXf hihihdhdXbkbkeded
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01010111 11110111 11000101 1100111001 11010111 11011111 11011111 01000101 11110100 01011001 01011101 11011110 01010001 11000101 01011101 01010101 01011101 11011111 11010101 11010101 01110101 01100101 01010111 01010101 01111101 11011101 11111101 011100101 11110101 101100101 11010101 11010101 11110101 11010101 11010101 11010101 01010101 01011101 11010111 0100101 11100100 01111101 11011011 01010101 11111101 11010101 1100101 11011011 01010111 11011001 01111111 10111111 01010101 0101111 110111100 11110111 01111101 110101111 11010001 11011101 11100111 11011101 11010101 11011101 11100111 11110001 101010101 01011001 11110111 11010101 11111111 11110111 11100111 11010101 01001101 11111111 10011101 11110101 11011111 11011101 11111111 11110101 11111101 11010101 11011111 11101101 11011111 11111101 11011001 01110101 11110101 11111111 10010101 110001010 11011101 110111010 11010001 01100100 11010101 11010101 110000101 01010101 11111111 11011001 11110111 11011110 11011111 11010101 11011101 11011001 11111101 01111101 11110101 11011101 11111100 11111101 10111110 11110101 11010101 111110011 11110111 11111111 11010001 01011101 01010111 11101101 01011111 11010111 010101001 01010101 11111011 11011101 01011101 01110101 10110101 01100101 01010001 01011101 11110101 11011101 01010101 11110111 11110101 11110111 101101001 01111101 01010111 11111101 11011101 11111111 11010101 10011101 11110101 11110101 11010101 01111101 01111101 01010101 01010101 01000101 11010111 11010001 01111110 11011100 01010101 11010101 11010101 01010101 11010111 11011101 11010001 11010101 11011101 110100111 11011001 11101101 011010101 11010101 11010100 01101101 01110111 110010111 11110101 11011111 01010101 11111111 11110101 01011001 11110111 11011101 11101101 11011101 01010101 01110101 11101001 11010111 11110111 01011111 11010101 01010101
- Amount of stanzas: 25
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 282
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 200
- 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, his, s, me, i, to, he, ll, of, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, the, i, and are repeated.
The author used the same words a, when, he, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word son at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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