This is an analysis of the poem Celebrity that begins with:

ON bridges small and bridges great
Stands Nepomucks in ev'ry state,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXXccXXddddeeddffggbbddXXdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 11000101 01110101 11111101 11011001100 1011011001011 11010111 01010101 11010100 01010101 11010101 01000100 01010101 11011111 01010101 11010101 10010001 01010101 11000101 11011101 111100010 010101010 01011101 11001101 11010101 01011111 01010111 1111011100 111100111 1011111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1097
  • Average number of words per stanza: 198
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • 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; and, of are repeated.

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  • summary of Celebrity;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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