This is an analysis of the poem Praises To The Eldest that begins with:

Praises to the eldest of siblings!
You know......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcXa dedddd ffggXdhfh hbaabdbaffXdd fXefacabcdg beX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,9,13,11,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100010010 11 011001000 01111 11011 01010010101 1010110101 1000011 0100100101 1010101 1110010 10111 11101111 1011010111 1010100 110100110100 101 010 010100 010101 100101101 11110111111100 11001010101 1111001101011 1100100100011 10101010111 0101001010 1101001 1101101011 010101 001111011011 00111 010101010101 01111110011 101001 11001001 010111 10011101 010101011 110010111 0110101 01 101000101 1 00110 11 101 0101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 256
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, has, one are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Praises To The Eldest;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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