This is an analysis of the poem A Friend's Song For Simoisius that begins with:
The breath of dew, and twilight's grace,
Be on the lonely battle-place; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaabAB cccbAB dddbAB eeebAB fffbAB gggbAB hhhbAB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011101 01010101 10111101 01010101 0101 01110001 01010111 01111101 01010101 100101001 0101 01110001 01010101 11000101 11001101 01100100 0101 01110001 11011100 100100111 11010111 010101001 0101 01110001 01110111 01010101 11011111 01011100 0101 01110001 01011101 01011101 1100111 10011111 0101 01110001 11110110 11010001 01010101 01100100 0101 01110001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, to are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word thing at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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