This is an analysis of the poem The Three Voices that begins with:

The First Voice
He trilled a carol fresh and free,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbb ccc ddd eee fff ddd eee eeX eee bbX aaX bXb ggg hhh iiX ddX jjj kkk hhX bbX jjj eee llX bXb ddX bbX ddd eee mXX jjX XnX eee aaX XcX bXX jXj ddd nnn ccX aaa a lll eee Xjj lXl ooo ccc bbb aXa eee aaa ccX ccc bbb ddd eee aaa bXb kkk ccc mmm kkk mmm dd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,1,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,1,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011 110010111 11011101 11010101 01010101 01010111 01010101 10010111 11010001 10110111 01010111 10001101 11010001 10111111 01000101 11011101 01110111 11010101 01110101 10110111 10111111 11110101 110110101 11110001 100100101 01110001 11010001 111111001 10110011 11010001 10010101 111111001 11110101 111111110 11111101 01111110 10011111 110110101 11011111 01010101 11110101 01010001 11010001 110101111 11110001 011101001 11111101 1110001 11110101 01011111 110111101 11110001 11011111 01011101 11010111 11010101 01010101 010001110 1111011 11010110 10001100 10110101 11010001 01011101 11100111 11010111 01010101 10010101 11110001 11110111 11110111 11011110 11111101 11011101 11011101 110101010 11010111 11010001 01010101 11010101 01010001 11010101 10111101 11010101 11010101 11111101 110101000 010001010 11010101 10011101 110101100 111111001 11010101 11011111 11110101 11111101 01011101 100010001 10010100 11110101 11010101 11110101 00101010 10010101 01011000 11011101 11111111 111111010 11010111 10011101 10110101 101101011 11110101 11010011 110100101 11011101 000100101 11010101 11110101 11000111 01110101 0101 11010111 01110101 11111001 11010101 01011101 11111101 11110101 11010101 10011001 01110111 11111111 01000101 10010101 10010101 10010001 11001111 11011101 11110101 11011001 10010101 11101011 11001101 110111110 11010100 11011101 10010001 11010101 10110001 11010111 11001100 11010101 01101100 111001111 10111111 11011111 11111111 01010101 11100101 11110111 11010111 01111111 11010101 11010101 01110001 01000101 11011111 01011110 010010101 11010101 110010010 01010101 11111101 11111111 11000101 11110101 010100001 010010101 11110101 10110001 110001000 11011101 11010101 11010101 11011111 11011101 11010101 11000100 11010101 11010001 10110111 11010101 11110101 11010101 11011101 11011111 11010001 11010100 11011100 11010001 01010101 01010101 01110101 11010101 110011111 11010101 110001000 10110111 01010101 11010001 101010111 11010111 11110111 11111100 11010101 01010001 11111101 11010101 11110101 10111111 11010111 11010101 01010101 10011111 11110101 11110101 1111110110 11111101 10010101 01010101 11111101 11110111 11011101 11110101 01011101 11010101 01110001 01010111 11111101 010101001 11111110 011 11001101 01010101 11010101 01110101 01011111 11011101 11010101 01110001 01010101 11111101 100110001 01000101 110111001 01010001 11010001 11010101 01010111 10110101 11110101 11010101 110101010 10111101 11010101 11010110 110101001 01010101 111110000 11111101 11110001 11100101 11110111 11010001 01010101 11110001 11111101 10110100 10110111 11010100 111100101 01010101 11011111 01010101 11001101 10011101 11111101 01011101 10010101 11111101 111100001 01110101 11011110 11010101 01010101 11111111 11110101 10011101 11010101 111101001 11010101 101111110 11010101 10110101 11011111 10010101 10010001 11110001 11010101 11110001 01110101 11011101 110100001 01011101 01000101 11010101 11100101 010100001 110111000 11000101 110110101 11010111 11010111 11011111 101101001 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 111
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 329
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; it, and, that, her, not, of, his, he, ', each are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, it, and, 'to, 'the, the, old, why, i, each are repeated.

    The author used the same words 'the, 'and, she, he, when, the 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 ' is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Three Voices;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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