This is an analysis of the poem St. Andrews Anniversary that begins with:
The following is a clipping from an old Ingersoll paper
on St. Andrew's Anniversary, 30th November, 1868 :...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aX XXaXXb ccaa ddee ffdd ddff ddff ggXX XXbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,6,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0100001001110010 11111010010101 01010001010011110101110110 10101101001011001011001 10101110110101010110 01100110011011110111010 011110110101000100 10001001110110111001 10101111 010101111 010001010 010101110 110111010 11001010 10011001 11010111 11110101 010010011 11010001 01010101 101110011 11111101 11011101 11010101 10101001 011010101 01110111 01010101 11110101 0111101 11010101 1010010 1011010 0101010010 110011111 01010011
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 36
- 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:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; on, and, mr, we, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same words the, land 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 thee is repeated).
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