This is an analysis of the poem The Rhyme Of The Restless Ones that begins with:

We couldn't sit and study for the law;
The stagnation of a bank we couldn't stand;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXbcb ddeed XfXf bXcg gghhg acfcfdfd ddiid
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,4,4,5,8,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101110101 00100011101 1110111011101110 010001110111 11101111101 10100110001 11111011110101 111111111001 111111111001 00101110101 1110111 0011101 11101110101 1101110101 1101110101 11111110101011 1111111101 110101010111 11111010101 10101011111111 11100011101 11100011111 11101010101 1111101 1111101 11101010111 11110010101 11111010001 111111110101 1101010011 11111101101 01111010101 11101011110101 11101110111 11101111101 1101110101 11010101 1111111 0111010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 264
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, and, us, go, as, never, we'll are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines go is repeated).

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