This is an analysis of the poem The Song Of The Sons that begins with:
One from the ends of the earth -- gifts at an open door --
Treason has much, but we, Mother, thy sons have more!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbbb ccddee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001001111101 101111101111 0010010100100111 1101011001011 1111011101111 11110011111001 1111111101100 11011011111011 1001111101111 10111011011101 11110011011011 111101001001001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 368
- Average number of words per stanza: 73
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
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; of, from, we, for are repeated.
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- summary of The Song Of The Sons;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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