This is an analysis of the poem Battle Hymn Of The Republic that begins with:
. Howe's Final version
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBbbaccCadddXeeeAffFaaBbbaccCadddA eeeA ffFA gggA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 34,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11010 11110100010001 101010101010111 111010100010011 010101 11110011000101001 111011100010111 111010101011101 010101 1110100101010101 111011001011111 101010101010001 110101 111010101110101 101010101010101 101110101010011 110101 001000101110101 0010001011000111 111011101110111 110101 11110110 11110100010001 101010111010111 111010100010011 010101 11110010001101001 111011100010111 111010101011101 010101 1110101010100101 111011001011111 101010101010001 110101 111010101110101 1110011100010101 101110101010011 110101 001000101110101 001000101111111 111011101110111 110101 101010100010101 101000101010001 101100101010101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 621
- Average number of words per stanza: 117
- Amount of lines: 46
- Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, with, to, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word he is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word on at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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