This is an analysis of the poem The Song Of Yesterday that begins with:
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBaaccc dddXee fffggg XBaahhh hhhiii jjjhhh XBaakkk fXffff hhhlll XBaammm ccclll aaXddd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,6,7,6,6,7,6,6,7,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1101 1101 101011111 0101 1101 01110111 1111 0101 11010111 1101 0101 11110111 1111 1101 11011101 1101 1101 01110001 1 1101 1001 01010101 10111 0101 11110101 1111 1111 01011101 0111 0101 01010011 0101 0111 01000111 1101 1001 010101101 1 1101 1101 01011111 0111 1100 01111101 11110 1001 010100100 1101 0101 11010001 1111 0101 01110101 0111 0101 11010111 1 1101 1101 11010101 1101 1101 110100111 1111 1101 11011101 1111 1111 11010101 1111 1110 110010100 1111 1101 01010101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 76
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, my, nor are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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