This is an analysis of the poem Strife And Peace that begins with:
The yellow poplar leaves came down
And like a carpet lay,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbcb adeXfX dbfbfb fcfcfc fcfcgc dadada XchchX fcXXbc Xbfbdb dbXbgb XdadaX ahXheh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01010111 110101 110000101 010001 111111101 110101 11111101 111001 11010101 111100 101111101 110110 11110001 0101001 110111101 110101 10010111 111001 10110101 110101 111111101 110111 11011111 011111 10111111 1110011 110101001 110101 1110110011 111111 11010101 100101 111011111 111001 1110011101 011101 110011101 111101 10011101 101111 111011011 1111110 01010101 110101 01010111 0101010 110110111 010101 11110101 110111 101011111 111011 101011111 110101 11110111 011101 111011101 11111 110011101 011101 11011101 1101101 10011111 111101 101011111 1011111 01011100 110111 1011010010 101101 101110101 110001
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i, laugh are repeated.
The author used the same word 'an at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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