This is an analysis of the poem The Return Of Napoleon From St. Helena that begins with:
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbdaba efafgbhb faciahih jbebeklk MaeaMfgf medeXXnm gogofheh pjdXehei bebeeqhq eenebaba JEpeeobo JEbejqlq dlelmgdgXehfhbaga
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110001 101101 11110101 110101 110101 011101 01011101 110101 111101 101101 110110011 110101 1111001 010001 01110001 010001 010011 010101 11010101 010100 1100111 110101 11111100 111101 0101001 010101 011010101 110101 1010111 1000001 11010101 1011101 110111 001101 11110101 110101 110111 110101 11010101 010101 010101 100101 01100101 100101 111101 010101 11010101 111101 111111 010101 11110101 101101 1101001 011101 11010001 110101 0100101 110101 01010001 011101 010101 011101 110010101 00101010 111101 1100111 0010010101 010101 111101 0100101 11010111 0011001 110111 0100111 11010101 110101 110101 110111 11010101 1100111 010111 0010101 110000101 1110101 010001 010001 010011001 1111001 010111 0010101 1010010101 110101 110101 101101 11111101 010001 0101001 010101 11010111 111001 100101 010101 01010101 010101 0100111 0011111 111010101 111101 110101101 1010110 10110000 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 112
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, no, of are repeated.
The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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