This is an analysis of the poem I Sing Of Heroes that begins with:

I sing of Heroes -
The youth, the revolutionary, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcabdbefeagahiijhaaXdkXXcegaalaAggmeiXncbiijXihgfjalbemkaXaoogXnagngifagXjeaddXj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 81,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010 010101010 110011100 011101010 0101110 01001100100 001010000100 1101000101 10111 1101000100 011011010 111011 10011 10110011 001101 001000010100 110100101 101011010 010110111010 01100110 111100 00100001 10010101 01010010 10001010 11101010 001101010 11101001 1101011 01101001010 11101101 110001001 11010 101110 01010101001 11010101 01001101 101 101001 0101001110 010001100100 1111111100 10010010001 100111101 110101001 1101011010 0011110010101 1010001001 01001111 001010010101 100101 111010010 11100100101 011100 0010010 00101 1110010001 111100010 110010010 0011 110100100 10010 1010001 110101001000 110110 10001 010101 11100111 0111010101 11010010 010000101 11011000110111 11010 1010010101 0100 10110 010111010 11111 01001 1011010100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1429
  • Average number of words per stanza: 234
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; of, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, even, in are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines night, smile are repeated).

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