This is an analysis of the poem Seventy-Six that begins with:

What heroes from the woodland sprung,
When, through the fresh awakened land,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaab bcXbc dbddb efeef gXggX eeeee bhbbh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11000111 11010101 01010101 10010111 010101 11010101 11010101 111010110 101010101 000101 11010101 01010111 01000101 01110101 110111 10010101 11010101 10010111 11010101 010001 01111111 01110100 11101101 101100101 110101 01010110 01011111 01010111 11111100 110101 11110101 10010101 01010101 01100101 1000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Seventy-Six;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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