This is an analysis of the poem Our Sweet Singer that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abab cdcd eXef cgcg hihi jhjh fgfX ibiX ikik lele gggg lglgXdcdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10 110010111 0101001 01110101 011101 11011111 110101 011101001 110101 110010101 11001010 01010101 010101 11111111 0101001 01010101 110111 110111001 111111 11110101 110101 01010101 110101 11010101 1111001 10011001 111111 11111101 110101 11010101 0101001 01010101 111101 11111111 110101 01010001 010101 11111101 011101 11010101 010101 01010101 010111 11111101 110101 11110101 1101001 11011101 110101 110010101 010111 11110101 111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Our Sweet Singer;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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