This is an analysis of the poem Three Songs To The Same Tune that begins with:
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GRANDFATHER sang it under the gallows:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabcXddEFFGcdgXfXEFFGchXhbbEFFG XAaaahhFDdfAbbbiiFDDFXahXhhFDDF XfbbbjjfKKFXififfFKKFfbdbiiFKKF
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 31,31,31,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1101010010 11100101111 10001011010 1011101001 110101 110001 10101111101 10010101 111001 1001001010 11111110010 1011101001 11111011010 1001111110 111101 111101 10101111101 10010101 111001 1001001010 10001011010 11011011101 100110011011 1111101111 1110111 100101 10101111101 10010101 111001 1001001010 1 10111011010 1111001001 11111010010 1011011001 010101 010101 1101101110 1111101 1100101 110111110 10111011010 1011111011 10111111010 1011111111 1111011 101001 1101101110 1111101 1100101 1101101110 11110010010 1111001001 11110111010 1101000110 110110 100111 1101101110 1111101 1100101 1101101110 1 010110010010 01011001001 1101100101 1101011101 1101001 0111001 1101110111 111101 111111 1101010111 11011011101 11011011001 1111011001 1001111001 111101 11011001 1101110111 111101 111111 1101010111 10110010110 1101011011 110011110010 1101101001 101001 111101 1101110111 111101 111111 1101010111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1161
- Average number of words per stanza: 222
- Amount of lines: 93
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; down, and, he, to, all, have, that, drown, old, i, marching are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words down, they, justify, drown, mock, the, when are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases down, stood connect the lines.
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