This is an analysis of the poem Kings And Subjects that begins with:
I am the bard of equality.
At the crossroads I sing, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abac defag aedhijkggkdkfj jljXchfbmkhahfa mlbXjXl XXlng olafG ijXaXfoG fghggejjbff jg gggkaljXaijXadgbnjbaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,14,15,7,5,5,8,11,2,22,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110100100 101111 1101100 111111110 0001010 11110001 11111 1111100100 110110010 100010100 0110101 1110010 0011101011011 11111 10111001 10100010 10101110 000101011 1101010 01010 10110010 0101 1011101 11111 111010110 011111 111011100 11110 11111 1010111001 001001000101 111010 011101 011111011001 111101010 11100 101001 010011110 111010 0010010 10111010010 11011001 10101111 011101010110 11 01111000 101011 001010101111 101011011011 1 110111 101011011 0101010 001001000111 011100 111111 011100111101 111011001 00100100 01110111 10101001 11011001 011100 10111100101 101101 011000101 101001 00110 10101 011010101001 101110110 10001 11011101 011011101 11 10010110 010111010 110110 01001110 011010 010101001010100 100001010 00101101 1101111100 00101110110 11111101 111001010011 010101 1110110 101001 10101 0011010 1001101 1101001 001001 010100 0100101001010100
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 268
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 97
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; as, and, our, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word citizens at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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