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I have decorated this banner to honor my brother.
Our parents did not want his name used publicly...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX aabbXaaaXcddcc Xb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,14,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010010010110 110011011100 010111000101001 01010111101 10101011101 1001111111111 111 111111010011 10111010111 11000101101011 101111 0110 0111110 01 111110111011 10001 11111010010 0101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; you, i are repeated.

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