This is an analysis of the poem The Song Of The Shirt that begins with:
The Song of the Shirt
With fingers weary and worn, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a BCDCEAEX fgFghfhf FiFiCIji kdadeAca lbjBBjkj FdXdkkfk FiFiICXc FaFadmXm lacanoao ngjgacjX BCDCEAEeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001 0101011 0111011 0101010001 1001011 111 01001011 1100101001 110100010 1011 10101001 1111 1011101 010001 01001001 1101100101 000101 1011 1010101 111 10111011 111011 111011 1100101101 1101001 1010101 1101011 001101101 1101001 111 01001011 101100101 0111101 1111101 1100101 110101001 011111 011111 0100111 11111011 111111 1011 111101 1110100101 010111 110110101 0100101 1011111111 101101 1011 010101 111 1100111 111011 111011 10101101100 1110101 1011 0010101 1111 10100111 110101 010101 100111101 1110001 110101 00101111 0010111 1010111 1101110 0111101 01110101 1011101 1111110 0101101 11101111 110111 010101111 101101 111111001 1010110 0101011 0111011 0101010001 1001011 111 01001011 1100101001 11011101 110100010
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 90
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- 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, stitch, work, so are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, oh, it are repeated.
The author used the same words work, oh at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines work, own are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word shirt at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases work, band, seam connect the lines.
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- summary of The Song Of The Shirt;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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