This is an analysis of the poem The Women Of Denmark that begins with:

BRETHREN, join the social measure,
Sing our sister-Danes beloved, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd XbXbebeb fgfgfgfg agagcbcb hbhbefef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 11101010 1111100010 1010101 111111010 11110101 0111111010 01110101 10101110 0111101 11101010 10101001 110111010 11101101 110110010 11010111 10001110 1110101 11101010 1111101 010111010 11001101 111111010 01010001 101101010 01110101 01101010 1010001 1100111010 0100100101 111101010 11000101 10101010 0010101 11111010 11010101 111101010 11010101 11011010010 110101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 311
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; , his, her are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Women Of Denmark;
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