This is an analysis of the poem The Chronicle Of The Drum that begins with:

Part I.
At Paris, hard by the Maine barriers,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbcdbXb ebebbdbd fcfcdgdg bdXdhdgd biXXgcXc Xjkjbded khkhhdgd glblbamX ngngegog ididdidi bagagXbl Xgogblgl bfbfdded hghgXdmd glbleaeb gpgpdgig kebebbXb qnondada hchcgbib rdeoalhl oldlksgX bbgXhhhk hhghbhlh hnbNNbnb bXbbcaca lododsls kgkbhddd bgbggogo
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,1,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,4,4,4,8,8,8,8,8,8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11 1101101100 01001001 101001010100 110100101 1011010010 111110011 110010011 001101101 011011010 111101101 110010010 11001011 111111010 11011011 110110010 11011101 110011010 11101011 111011110 01011001 1111011010 01011011 11110011 11011001 110011010 11011101 110110110 01001101 010010110 11001011 11101100100 11010110 111110010 01101001 1111010110 01001010 010110110 10101001 1111110110 11101001 1101001100 011011101 101010010 101011011 111110011 11011010 101111110 10111111 11101111 110111010 11101001 110111010 01011001 010110111 111010110 110010111 110010110 11111111 111110010 11011101 11011101 111001011 011010010 001101100 110110110 101001111 100110010 01101011 111101010 111101011 110010110 11101011 111010010 01110101 101010110 01101001 110110110 11011101 1110011010 01001001 1011011010 11101001 111111010 11001011 1110011111 010011110 1110111011 11101001 111111110 01001111 1110010010 11101011 110110110 11001001 1010111010 101011101 111110011 111010010 1010010111 111011110 110110110 11001101 1010110010 001101001 110111010 01101001 100110010 11101101 101110010 01110011 110011010 11011011 11000100100 01011011 1011110010 11001001 110111010 11111101 0010110010 11011101 110111011 11001011 01111010 10111011 11111101 10100101 1011100011 11011101 111101101 1110111110 1110010110 111110010 1111111010 11111001 111110100 11101101 100111011 11011001 111011110 11111010 11101011 11101011 11001101 101001001 110110010 11011001 110001010 11101011 110010110 11011111 110100011 11001101 111010010 111110110 11100100100 110011010 10101011 11011011 010010110 111001001 101011010 01011011 110110110 011101001 110011010 11111001 1110100010 01001100 111011010 110110010 1110110010 010010000 110110110 010010010 111110110 111010010 101001101 01011101 1010011010 11010011 1111110100 11001011 011010111 111101011 111010111 1110101 110010111 11011001 11011001 110110010 11001001 110010110 100110110 1010011110 110010010 11001001 110110011 01011001 1010011011 001001101 111010010 111010110 11011001 110010010 10101101 11011011 111011101 101101011 1011101 111010010 11001011 010100010 01011101 111101101 111010110 0100101 110011010 11011011 110010100 01001101 1001110110 001111011 110110011 11101001 11101011 110010111 100010111 111111111 111010011 110010010 110010110 111110100 111111010 01001011 111010010 11011111 100110110 101101011 10010110 101011011 11 110010010 11001011 11111101 001001010 101010010 11011101 1111010010 11001101 11011001 11101001 110010010 11111011 111011010 11101111 1010010010 111001001 1110010110 11101001 010110010 11011001 1110110110 11111101 11001001 11001101 11111011 111010010 111010010 110010110 11001111 111101001 1110010010 010010100 100111010 11001101 110110010 111111111 11011111 111001001 110110110 110110011 11011001 11001101 111101001 11001001 001001101 11001001 11011111 111011001 11011001 1110101 01001001 101111101 0111110110 11001011 1100100100 11001011 01011011 11101001 110110111 01001001 111110110 11101011 100110010 101010011 110110110 10001001 010010110 01011001 011010010 11101001 11011001 111111001 11111011 1100010010 11001001 1110111110 111011111 01011011 110010010 11011011 111110110 01001111 110111010 11101010 110110010 01001010 010010010 11001011 11101001 11001011 010011010 11111011 111011011 01001001 11011011 01011001 11011011 11011001 101001011 11011010 11101001 11101001 111111101 01011001 11011101 11001001 11011001 11001101 110011011 11101001 011010110 01001101 11101111 01111001 111011110 111111111 111111011 01001111 100110111 10111110 11001111 11111011 111110010 11011001 11111001 11111001 11011011 01001111 110011111 11101111 11001111 11111011 11111010 11001011 11011101 110010010 111010011 11001011 111101001 111101001 111010110 11111011 101001111 111101011 01001111 11101111 0101100110 11101011 11011101 01101001 11011011 11111010 11001001 11001001 11111011 101001010 11001001 11101011 11111001 11101001 111010111 11101001 110110111 01001011 110101111 11101011 11101001 11111101 111011110 110110010 1011111010 110111010 111110010 11001001 011110110 01011001 011110110 111011001 111111110 11001111 11110001 01000101 11010101 01011100 01010101 11010011 01001100 11010001 11010111 01011101 01010101 0101111 110101001 11010111 11010101 01010100 110101001 11010101 11011101 11000101 11010111 11010111 11010111 110100101 11010100 01010111 010100101 01010101 110101001 11010101 010000111 110111001 010111001 11010111 11010101 11111100 11010001 1110101 01111101 01110100 01010101 01011101 11110101 11011101 11110101 01011101 011010111 11010101 11110110 10111111 11110100 11010111 11110111 111101010 01010111 11010111 11111101 11010101 10010101 01011101 11110111 01010000 11110101 11011011 11010111 010101001 01111101 11010101 110101001 01110101 01110001 11010101 11110111 11010101 1101011 01110101 10111101 11110111 11110101 01110100 11111001 01001101 010111110 11010101 11010101 01011111 11111101 11010110 11111111 11110111 11000101 11010001 01111111 11010101 11011101 110101001 11010101 11110101 11010101 01010001 11110110 11010101 11100100 11010101 110101001 11110110 11110101 11101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 86
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 533
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; of, his, and, we, to, our, her, him, she, but, them, you, i, he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, his, my, and, there, we, she, i, but, how, our, is, he, you, in are repeated.

    The author used the same words 'with, he 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 tall, king, him, ' are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word drum at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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