This is an analysis of the poem H.M.S. Foudroyant that begins with:
Ho! says the Nation's purse is lean,
Who fears for claim or bond or debt, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXbbb cdcdXefe ccccXggg ahahXigi cfcfjkjkXcjcjjhjh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010101 11111111 11010110 11010111 01111101 01110111 11010101 11001 110010111 01010101 11110101 11010111 11011101 11110101 11110101 1111 11110101 11101101 11010101 11010101 110111010 01010101 11111101 0101 11011101 01110011 11111111 11101111 10110101 110111010 11110111 11110 11000101 01111101 11000101 01111001 11110101 01111111 11111111 1101 10110101 01110111 11011101 01011101 10010101 10010111 10010101 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 282
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; for, what, and, you, our, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words if, what are repeated.
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