This is an analysis of the poem Our Kind Of A Man that begins with:

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The kind of a man for you and me!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbbccddeeffddaagg Xhhiiddggjjdbhhjjaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,19,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 010011111 110011000 1101110101 001011111 110110100 111100101 010100111 1010110111 011110101 101011111 010110101 101110111 1110010111 10101101 101100101 111101111 100110111 1010110111 1 010011111 110100111 110110101 110111101 110111111 010010101 110101101 001111111 110011101 1110100101 111101001 101011101 111111111 110110111 110100111 10111010011 111110111 0010011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 724
  • Average number of words per stanza: 143
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, he, as are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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