This is an analysis of the poem On Hearing That Constantinople Was Swallowed Up By An Earthquake that begins with:
[A Report, though false, at that time generally believed.]
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a abaacdabeaaedfghdi jcbkbihlkdlcfdafdgdbjdjahXbmnajflbX djddnddifdjclinaoneXaXfefbhfabfde akaiacjjghmeiaoijXaeXanlgibiakaeXaaaajbaki
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,18,35,33,42,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 00111111100001 10111001001011 0101110111 01010001101 1001010101 101011111 01001001101 0111010111 0100110101 1101110101 01010001101 11001010101 1011101101 01010100001 10010010111 1101010011 1101001111 0101110101 11000110111 11010001011 1111011101 11110101001 1011111111 0011010101 110001101 1011011101 0101010101 1011000101 1101010101 01010110001 1101010111 01001000101 1101010101 10110010101 1101010101 011110101 0101010 111 0101010101 0101010111 01011111111 1101110101 0111010101 1101110111 10010100110 01010110101 0101110101 11110101001 1001001101 11111100101 1110110111 1100010101 1101010101 010011110010 1011001111 11001011101 0101110101 0111000101 1011011111 00110010101 1111001101 1101010011 11010011101 0101010101 1101111101 0101110101 1111001101 10011000111 111110001 1001110101 0101110101 1111011111 100110100111 01001100110100 1111110001 11011101110 1101010011 1101111101 11110000101 110101111 11001011101 11010111011 1111010101 1001010111 1101010101 1001010101 1011010 10011000101 10011010101 01110101001 11100010101 010100110 0101010001 01110101101 0101010011 0101110101 0101001001 1011110101 111100010001 11001110101 1111011111 0101010111 0111010111 1111010111 01010001001 1111010101 01010101101 10100101010 11000100111 0101011101 1011011011 1101100101 1001010001 0111010101 0101010111 1110111011 1101010101 0101001101 1111010101 0101000101 0111010101 1101100101 1011000101 1001010101 1101011111 1101110101 1111001101 1101001101 1101000111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1151
- Average number of words per stanza: 196
- Amount of lines: 130
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, ye, thy, from are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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- summary of On Hearing That Constantinople Was Swallowed Up By An Earthquake;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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