This is an analysis of the poem The Bloody Sire that begins with:

It is not bad. Let them play.
Let the guns bark and the bombing-plane ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXc bXdXc XcddcXac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0011101 101110101 10010100 00110011 110001010010110 110111011 01100101 111101110 10001101101 10010010010110 11010101 1001001001 111110110 010110100010 10001010010110 101101 11000111001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, s are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word values at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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