This is an analysis of the poem The Drum that begins with:
O the drum!
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAAABBBB ccccaaaa ccccdXdd ddddcccc eeeebbbb ffffggggXAAAABBBB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101 101 0010011 01000100110101 111 101 1100101 11000100100101 101 001 0110101 11010011010001 101 001 1010101 11010100110001 101 001 1110101 001010101010101 111 001 0010001 101111100010101 101 101 0010111 101000100010001 101 111 0010101 101010100010111 111 101 10010111 111010101010101 101 101 1011111 101000101110101 101 101 1010011 111010100011101 101 111 1010101 11000101010001 101 101 0010011 01000100110101 111 101 1100101 11000100100101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, and, as are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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