This is an analysis of the poem Song Unsung that begins with:
The song that I came to sing remains unsung to this day.
I have spent my days in stringing and in unstringing my instrument. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a b bb a cc XcXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,2,1,2,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01111010101001 11111010101001100 01111101110101 10100100010011 010111010010101 11110111110001 10111010110010111 010011101001101 10111011110110011 11001010011010011
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 89
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, my, his, have, i are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word house at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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