This is an analysis of the poem The Van Nessiad that begins with:
From end to end, thine avenue, Van Ness,
Rang with the cries of battle and distress!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddcceeXXbXaXbbb ddffgghhaaiiiXheeiXbbee eXeeddaajjcceeaX kkbbbbbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,15,23,16,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 0101110111 1001010101 1101000101 1101010101 11001010101 0101110001 1101010101 1111001001 1111111111 11010111001 0101010101 0101010111 1111110111 1111111111 11011110011 11010101010 10100110101 11010111100 1111010111 0101010101 1101110101 1001011101 0101000101 1101010101 0100011101 1100010101 0111010101 11110100101 0101010101 0101010101 1101000111 0101011111 0101010111 0111010111 00010100100 1101110101 1001010101 0101101110 1100010101 1101010101 0101010111 1000110101 1100010101 11001111101 1101111001 10010010101 0100010001 0101010111 110101010010 11010111010 1101010101 1101110101 0101010001 0101010111 10001010101 0110000101 1011111101 0111001001 0101000111 11011111110 1101010001 1001010101 0101010111 1011010101 01000101001 1010010011 1100010111 11111101101101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 597
- Average number of words per stanza: 104
- Amount of lines: 68
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ', 'i, his, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word said is repeated.
The author used the same word jove 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 ' is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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