This is an analysis of the poem Indian Names that begins with:

Ye shall say they all have passed away,
That noble race and brave,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabacbdbXcecXbfbdgdgdhehbibibdfdfbibhbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111101 110111 11101110 010101 11010111 111101 11101110 111101 11010010 110101 11010101 010001 1101010 110001 11010101 110101 1111110 1101001 11011101 010101 1110010111 1100111 11010101 110101 1101010 010101 1101010 110101 01001100 1010101 11010101 110101 100101001 010101 11010101 010101 11010101 110101 11011100 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1211
  • Average number of words per stanza: 202
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their, your, its are repeated.

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

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