This is an analysis of the poem 1867 that begins with:

All our best ye have branded
When the people were choosing them,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcaca aXaXdbdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110 10100100 1111010 1110100 101111001 11001 111101101 001101 001011111 1010110 11011011 1010010 101011101 1111100 111001101 11111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 272
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; ye, our are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word when is repeated.

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  • summary of 1867;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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