This is an analysis of the poem So Long that begins with:
TO conclude--I announce what comes after me;
I announce mightier offspring, orators, days, and then, for the... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abc deX cfghbX cijkcXibh gcjlX jjXkc Xm icf fknXn iaci cm iiXiiiikXailijailX Xod hee Xnneo XlgcX cc kadXXkingf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,6,9,5,5,2,3,5,4,2,18,3,3,5,5,2,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00110111101 1011001110011110 0101 1010110111111 11111101101000 1000 1010011110 111100010111111 111110101000110 10110110110101000 110010110010100 10111110101 11110111 111010101111111 101011011111110 1 111011010111100100 1 11100110111011 11011011011110 11 10110010001 10110010 1010100010010100 10101001001010100100 11 10110010001100100100 10 101010111101000 1011011000110100101 00110100 10110000110101001000 1111110110101 101011101001110111 1010110100101101 01000100101 1010111010001010001 101111110110010 010 10110011000101101 1010101011011 11011011 11011011 10111011111 001011110 1011111 011010111101111 10010010110 1101011110010 101101011001 1000101000100 10110100100110 11010101001001001010 01011010100110 011011001001010101 111100 010101001110010101 110010 011110100110110100 1110 111010110100100 10000100101000111101 10010 010111110100101111 001000101 101111111110100 101 010101011 11110100 001011111011000100 1 10000011 11001001 00111101 001111111 1010010001101111 11110111 111011111110100 11 111000101 01001 0111010110 0111001011111 1101011101 11001000111011 1111111110100101 1011010110010011000 010110100111 1011111111011 0100101111 01011110101 11110100100 111100100101
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 97
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (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; i, when, and, have, of, announce, you, enough, o are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, when, o, to, enough 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 word/phrase enough connects the lines.
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