This is an analysis of the poem The Song of All Songs that begins with:
As you've walked through the town on a fine summer's day,
The subject I've got, you have seen, I dare say;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccDddDXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 46,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111101101101 00111111111 011011011011 1101010101001 01001111101 11111101101 11001111001 111001001111 111110101 11001111001 1 111100101110101011 0111011100101011 10110101011110011 1110111111010101 111101010101011101 111110111101110101 111101111110111011 1111000101010101011 1 110101010111101011 111001010101111 10110110111110111 1110010111111011 1111110101110111001 101001111101110101011 1101010101110101011 11110101011101011 1 10011111110111011 111010110111101011 10100010111100011 01011110110101011 111011011101011 10111111100100011 110001010111101011 111110101111101111 1 11111110101011001 110101111101110001111 1111010101010111111 11110011010111011 110101010111111111 11010100110111111 11101010110101001 1101001001010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2444
- Average number of words per stanza: 555
- Amount of lines: 46
- Average number of symbols per line: 52 (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; to, them, ', of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word ' is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines song, ' are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase ' connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Song of All Songs;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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