This is an analysis of the poem The Song Of Iron that begins with:

I
Not yet hast Thou sounded...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bXcdB eedXfgdd hbXg Xibicffe ii X dcAg cecXeb jjjcgiccXc digXci cAegb bcaceheXge X XXccjedi X dXBhhbdX bieX edeh eche ghXd eehkedeeXeX bkeebeXdeed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,8,4,8,2,1,4,6,10,6,5,10,1,8,1,8,4,4,4,4,11,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 111110 110010 11110010 111110 01001001 111001010 000101000111010 10101110 1011011001000 10011 11100101000110010011 110100010 11111110110 110010 101111001 0110010 1011 11110010 110010110 1011001 110110 11101 1100 1111 1101101 1111001 1011011 1 1011010 1001 10101 100101 1101010 0001010 1001010 10011101 111010 100101 100101 100101 010101 110010 10010101 001111 110101010 10110 11000101 101010110 1001010 100011 10111110 011111 11011010 110101 11001 10101 110100 10101 1011 111111 11011011 1111 10101 10001010 0010010 10110 01001 11010101 101010 1 011000100 011000 10110101 1001001010010 11010101 110010100 10010010010 110011 1 11010110010 101101101000 01001001 11001010010 10010010010 110110 1010010010010 10001 10010010010 1001011101 11010110110 10110110100 10010010010 1001010110 11010110010 01101010010 10110110110 1000111001 10010110010 00010110110 1001010110 10010010010 10011010100 10011010010 10011010110 1001101010 1010011110 111011001 110101100110 0010010110010 10010010010 10010010010 10101010100 11100010 111110010 10011010010 1001001001 10010100010 11010110010 0101001101011 0110010 1011011110 001010001000100 011000011110 010011010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 126
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word sung 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 mouth, living are repeated).

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  • summary of The Song Of Iron;
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