This is an analysis of the poem Song's Eternity that begins with:

What is song's eternity?
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABbBcBcBcB ABbBdBdede bBbbcBcBcB bbXbeBfgfg XBbBhbhbha
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010100 111 1011100 111 1011101 100 1011111 11 0111101 11 1010100 111 1000111 110 1110101 100 1001100 11 1010001 01 1011101 111 1110101 101 1111111 111 0010001 11 1010101 11 1010101 101 10111010 101 1010101 110 11101001 101 1110101 11 10101010 100 1111110 111 10010101 111 110101 101 00100111 0100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, tootle are repeated.

    The author used the same word what 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 be is repeated).

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  • summary of Song's Eternity;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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