This is an analysis of the poem The Singer that begins with:
Years since (but names to me before),
Two sisters sought at eve my door;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd dddd eeaa ffgg bbee hXee eeii aaaa jjee hhcc kkll ddee ggcc eejj Xbcc bbee ddaa eecc gggg eemm eekk llkk aXnn
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110101 11011111 111100011 01111001 11010101 11111101 01011101 01000111 11010111 111100100 110010101 11010101 10110101 101011101 01011111 11010111 11010111 01010101 010010101 01011101 01100101 01010001 011101001 01010101 11011101 11010100 11010101 11011111 11110110 11010101 01011101 01000101 11010011 11110101 11110101 01000101 01110101 01011101 11010101 01110101 01110111 010110101 11010101 11110101 01000111 00101101 100000101 11010101 11110101 11010101 11111111 11010101 111100101 11110100 11110111 1011010 110001001 01010111 01110111 11110101 11011100 01010111 11011101 00101101 11010011 01011111 11010101 01011101 10110101 11110101 01001111 11010001 11011111 01010101 11010101 00110001 01010101 11001101 110001010 010001010 111010101 01010001 111101100 11110100 10111101 11011111 10110101 100010111 11010111 01010101 11011111 10010001 11101111 111101010 11011101 00111111
- Amount of stanzas: 24
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 96
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; her, i, and, what are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words two, i, her, what are repeated.
The author used the same word o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Singer;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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