This is an analysis of the poem Brothers that begins with:
See! There he stands; not brave, but with an air
Of sullen stupor. Mark him well! Is he... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbcXd eaefeccgg h ifgXebaiiX icgXXjigjcfbf egjiebbgjgcfcXgjhagdXfgb ajfc ibcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,9,1,10,13,24,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111111011 0101011101 1111111001 1101110111 0011011101 011100100101 1101010111 1111110111 0111111110 1101110101 1111110010 1111011111 1111111101 0101010111 11111 11111 1101111111 1101011111 100010100101 0101110100 0101110101 0101010001 0101011111 0101110101 00100010001 01010101001 1001010111 0100010111 0111000011 1010110101 1111010101 0101010101 1101010101 01010101001 1101110111 01011100111 01011111001 0101000101 0101110101 1111111111 1111010100 0101100101 1111110111 1111111101 0111 010111 1110110001 01011010101 1101010111 1111111111 0100110001 1101010101 01011111111 1101010101 1101010101 01010111111 1101010111 1111011101 1001010111 0101011101 1111110101 1101011101 0101010111 1011111111 1111110101 1101010101 0101000101 1101011001 1110111101 1011111101 10010100111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 380
- Average number of words per stanza: 71
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, i, of, me, no, race are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Brothers;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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