This is an analysis of the poem Heard Is The Singing Of Mistrust Carols that begins with:
Heard is the singing of mistrust carols.
La, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abBbB CDEDcFcFDF aGHIJFHF CDEDcFcF DFXaGHIJFHF
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,10,8,8,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001000110 1 111 1 111 11101010 01010101 11110101 1110111 1 111 1 111 1011001010 1011101 11101 1101 1101 1001 1101 1101 1001 1111 11101010 01010101 11110101 1110111 1 111 1 111 1011001010 1011101 1101 1101 1101 1001 1101 1101 1001 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; la, pop are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word la is repeated.
The author used the same word heard at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines la is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase la connects the lines.
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