This is an analysis of the poem Two Monuments that begins with:
Two men were born the self-same hour:
The one was heir to untold wealth,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd cece fgfg hihi chch jkjk chch klkl hlhl cmcm jgjX Xhjh kXXX nhnh dkdX lhlhXlclc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110101110 01110011 010111010 01010011 01011101 01010001 01100101 01010001 01110101 11110001 11011111 11011101 10010111 11011111 01010101 110100001 01010101 01010111 01010111 01010111 110101001 01010101 01111101 11111001 01111111 10010111 01111101 01110101 10010111 00110111 101110100 11010111 100101001 01010101 11110101 11011111 01010101 01110101 01111111 011000101 10011111 01010101 11011101 01111101 11010111 11011111 11010101 11110101 011111010 010010101 11000101 11011101 01111101 01010001 11111100 11111011 11111001 11110111 11011111 11111101 10010101 01111111 11011101 10010111 11110101 01001101 11000101 01010111 01010111 11010111 11000101 01010011
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, common, to, him, of, his, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, one, the, to are repeated.
The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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