This is an analysis of the poem Sing Of The Banner At Day-Break that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcdefgehb iXbb hXjXcjklaX a emeXa e cm c lnobpXjq a ljeeqj hcXqjejeab e hhmXl c nlfaej A hmohegXmlbe a hoobheajXgjbaljijmbhrjjodaaXXace A khiohojjeXfjlmgjdkiie e jolXl c Xmcbidq a bcikXklXejrqedpfkohdem A Xaemmeige ao aaeaeXelecoidmoeagXfejqXcjhlebabfol
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,9,4,10,1,5,1,2,1,8,1,6,10,1,5,1,6,1,11,1,32,1,21,1,5,1,7,1,22,1,9,2,44,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 1011011 101010101111010 101111001 101011111111 101 110111001 101110111 001011111 1010111010 111111 111110111 1101001011111 0010110010 1101110 101011001011001101 110100101111011 1 11100010110100010 1001010110101101 110101011001010 1 1101101101 00101100101 10 11111 11111 1111101 01001110111001000 1 1 10101001100010110 1110101101 10 101111001 11011010111111 11110010010111010 1100 11101000100101010 11 1111101111 1101101 10 11101010101 110101010101010 1101100100110001 1 01101011111 1011001111010 1111011011 1110101010 100111101011101 101011010011001011 111110111111 1100111010101 101100110110 101111010111101 10 01110110 1 11000010010100110 11010100100010 1100101100100 101001111111101 0011010011 10 111101 11110010001101001 01001011101110110 01 101011001110101 10 10110 10011110010 010101101010011101 110100 10110111110010 111001011110101 11101010111011 101 1111011010101101 111111 1111110110010 1010001 10 1111110101 11010101011010010 11010010100111100 110111010110 111101110101 1101001111010011 1111001 1110101001011110010 01010001 11100111010100111 1 110101011101011010 1110 1110110100111111 01010 1101100101011001 100 111001001100011101 100 110010100011010010 11010101010 10011101010010100 110 10010011010110110 1110101 111010101110011 110111110110101 1011 110110101101011010 110 101101111011010 01011010111 10110 11010101110101 110111011101101 110101101111 111110101101101110 111 1101101111010010 11111011101101 0111 10100111101011 11 10111011101101 11 111011100111111 101 10010010101111001 100100 0101001011011101 110111111001101 110010110100101 1 01001011101 1 1110111010 1010010101111110 1011111111011101 11 110110110 10 101111010 0011010110 10111000111001010 00011011101101 100101011111111 0100 010010101011 10 1011111 1011101111011110 1111 1010111001010100 101 100100101101010 01 10111010101001 1010100111010101 1 101011010101010 11101 1011101001111011 110101 11011111101010100 111 111011111011110 010 0100010010100010101 10 1011111101101 01 10110 11110111 0101111111 010010010101001001 01 1011010010001 1101011100101 1100101010110101 1 10111001 10 010 111101 010011111110111 10110101001111101 101 11111101111001 101 111101111010101 11 1100111001101001101 10010011110111110 1100101111101110100 01011011100101100 010 1110011100101011 0101010 1111111100110101 111 11011011011110111 001000100 11001110110001 1001101101110101 10011 101001001110111111 1111 1011001101100110 0101 010011110011101 10001 10001111111101 11001101101001010 11 11111101110110110 1100 10110101011000111010 1111 111110100101100 1 100100110110101101 1001110110 11101110000101001 1101101 11111111011011011 11101 1011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 33
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 346
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 232
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; flapping, by, and, voice, words, in, i'll, of, come, up, here, with, you, these, not, wind, sings, which, it, o, to, behold, our, where, i, hear, see, nor, we, ours, like, be, my, fields, all are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words by, words, come, on, not, which, o, where, i, over, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word father 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 children, child are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words flapping, child 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 word/phrase child connects the lines.

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