This is an analysis of the poem To Victor Daley that begins with:
I thought that silence would be best,
But I a call have heard,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdce fcfcagag ahahigig gagafjfj kckcfgfg lblbbdbe igigmhmh ccccfbfb gbgbaaaa gmgmeaea nanacgcg bkbkkbkb iningkgk mfmfegegXjnjnmcmc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 110111 11010101 111101 01110101 110100 11110111 011101 11110101 110101 110100101 111111 11100111 100111 11010001 111111 11011111 110001 11010111 010101 11010001 011111 11001101 110101 11011011 010101 10110111 111101 11111101 011101 10011111 110011 11011101 100101 01010001 110101 11010001 110111 10010100 1110101 11111111 111001 11110101 0011011 11110101 110100 11110101 111101 11110001 110101 11010001 110101 11010101 011101 11110111 110111 11010101 111101 010010100 111100 10011011 100111 10110101 111101 11010111 111111 11010111 111101 11110111 110111 11010101 011101 01110111 011101 01111111 111111 11010110 111101 11010111 111111 01111111 010101 11011101 011100 11010101 111111 010110101 110001 11011001 110101 11111101 110101 01110101 110101 01010101 010101 01111100 111111 01111101 111111 01100111 111111 11010111 1110111 11111001 111101 11011101 101101 11100111 011111 11011111 110011 11110101 111101 00111101 110111 11010111 110111 1111110101 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 120
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, you, of, to, they, drunkard, we, would, not, their are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, you, they, the, a are repeated.
The author used the same word they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
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