This is an analysis of the poem The Chant Of The Woman that begins with:
Clash the cymbals!
String the harp and sound it–...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abX cb Xad aefac X gggfeh gXigc Ijebde KcaKaXja ijbXhXbbbeI
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,3,5,1,6,5,6,8,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010 101110 10111110010 1010111010110 10010110 11111101110100 111111111 1010110101001 111010010110010 1110010011010010 111001001011001 1101001001 110110111110 11 111111101101001 11011110101010 01100010 0011011 111111110 100100011 11111011101001 100101010010000 101001000001 1001 111010110 1101101110010 11010 101001110110 11010010110010 11111001111010 101111010010 11110 1111010010110 1111110110 11110 11110101001 1001001 01001 010010 101010 10011111111 1001011 1011111 010110 11110110110 10010011 100110111 110110 1101101110010
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, of, have, and, my, must, level, your are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, myself, the, level are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases lifted, level connect the lines.
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