This is an analysis of the poem Verse that begins with:

Friends
The old word is dead....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbc Xdadd Xefag Xaa Xchijc Xake XcXX Xjc Xkk Xlmaaa Xna Xak XaaalaaaaaaookmaX XpacnX Xidaa Xkkkaaiokeaaee XIlhXahhhhcgalaakalalaapkXIiaX Xekaf Xlheklkbk XLDaaaLlkbkkkaaLlDlc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,3,6,4,4,3,3,6,3,3,17,6,5,14,30,5,9,20,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01101 01111 1101111101 100111001 1 11001110 101110110 1110 1011110 1 1110 001 111001011110 001011001 1 1110011 110010110 1 11101010 110100110101 1010101 1101 11 1 1100101110 1111011 001100 1 01 1101010000 11110011 1 11101 001101 1 1010 11101011 1 1110 000101 111010 1110001110 101011011 1 0100100010010 010010001001 1 1100011110 111110011 1 1100 101 011 1100001 11101011 1 101 111 111 1 101 101 111000011 100100111 111110101 1011101010 1 1101110 0101 111110011 101110 11010111110 1 11011101 1001110 10010110110 1111110101 1 1110101 101001 101011 1111 1100010 110001 110111 01 1110 110 10 111100 101100 1 01111011 111010 001111 10 1111111 1111 1111 11011 1111 11111 010111 11101011 10 1111011 110111 11011011 110111 10 1111 10 101101011 101001011 10110 111111 011 01111011 111 1111 111010 1 0110101100 0110101100101 0011011 011011011 1 11111101010 0101 011100 01111 11011010 1110101 1111 1101010010 1 1010 110010 10111 10100011 10010 1010 1101110101010 110101 111101010101 11011 111 1011 1011010 11010011100 1010 011 110010 1101010 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 156
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; dead, our, to, hound, me, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, by, our, god, it's, wash, your, their, if, to, that, kill, we, dont are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines dead, sour, book, me, tongues, us are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase dead connects the lines.

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