This is an analysis of the poem Song Is Not Dead that begins with:
Song is not dead, although to-day
Men tell us everything is said.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaB babXabaB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111101 11110101 11010101 1011 11010101 11010111 11010111 11010101 11010101 11110111 1011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 11
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- 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; while, still are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word while is repeated.
The author used the same word while at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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