This is an analysis of the poem We And They that begins with:

Father and Mother, and Me,
Sister and Auntie say... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaAaaaA bcbcaaaa dcdcaaaa efefaaaaXaaaAaaaA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011011 101101 10101111 11001101 1111001 1111001 11101011011 1100101 11111 011101 111011101 11011011 1111101 111111 0001001011 10100101 111001 111001 11101 111011 111111 111101 1101111011 111001001 111001 11111 11111 101101 111001 111001 11001011011 10101001 101001 110101 11101111 11001101 10111001 0101001 11111001011 1100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, they, all, people, of are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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