This is an analysis of the poem Lines Written At Norwich On The First News Of Peace that begins with:
What means that wild and joyful cry?
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXab cbcb dede fXfX cfcf aaaa fgfg fhfh hghg XhcX ijij adad cfcf cbcb khkh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11111101 111101010 11110111 01111101 111100111 11011101 110011101 10010111 01110101 01110101 01010101 110100101 11111111 11110101 01101101 010101010 11110011 10111110 11111101 11110101 11010101 11011101 11110101 11010101 01111111 01011101 11110101 11010101 11110101 01111101 11111101 11110101 11011011 11110101 11110101 10110101 110101110 01000101 10111111 11110101 11011101 01111101 110100111 110001101 11110101 11010101 11010111 11010101 10111111 010010101 110111001 11010111 10010101 110101001 011101001 11010111 10111111 11011101 11111001 11011101
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; my is repeated.
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