This is an analysis of the poem The Ballad Of Lenin's Tomb that begins with:

This is the yarn he told me
As we sat in Casey's Bar,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbab ddeefXggddhh iiaajjggXgkkaXggddgX iiggbb hhbbjXffllggjjee bbeeggaa ggddddffbbggaaff XibbggaaXhmmggaaeeXabcbjb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,12,20,6,16,8,16,25,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0001111 1110101 110111001 00100101 1100100101 10110101 110101111011101 010101011011101 01011101110111 100111001011001 01011101110101 1100010111110110 01110111010101 11111101110101 11011101101101 10011111011001 11100101010101 11011101111111 1101010011101011 11111101111011111 111101111110101 11101001001010101 1110111010101101 101111101111101 110011111110101 01010101010101 11010100101100 11000101110010 1011011110111 10110100011101 11010011110111 11010101111101 11000101010011 11110101010011 11110101111001 10011111111101 10111111111111 01110111110100 11110111110101 11010111010001 11111101110111 10111111111101 1011111101011 001010100110001 01010011111101 01011101110101 11010111111101 01110101111001 1101100110101001 110111010101110 11110001011101 11100101111001 11010001110101 111111011010001 11010101011001 11110101011111 11111101111111 11011101110011 11000101111111 00010001110101 01011111110101 11110101110101 11011111110101 11110111110111 11110111010111 01111111011101 01110101010001 111100101110101 01011101110101 11010101110001 01010101110111 1101101011100001 01011101110101 10010001110101 11110101111101 01011101111101 111101011100101 10010101110101 11010111111101 01011001111101 11011101111111 10011101010111 11111101111001 11110101111111 1111101101001 11011101010111 1101011011011101 11011111010101 11110111010101 11010101110101 110101010101001 11111111011111 10111101110101 11110101011110 11110101111101 11110101010101 01100101111101 11011101111101 11011101111110 10111101111011 11011111111101 11101100010111 11011101 110101 110100101 00100101 01011101 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 701
  • Average number of words per stanza: 139
  • Amount of lines: 108
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, me, of, my, that, we, him, followed, to, his, with, he, you are repeated.

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

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