This is an analysis of the poem Jubilee Song that begins with:

Our grateful carts with joy o’erflow,
Hurra, Hurra, Hurra,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaaXXbXbXccXXdXdXeeXXfXfXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010110 101010 11010101 101010 11110101 11010101 10101010 101010 11010101 101010 010010101 101010 010111001 110011101 101010 101010 01110111 101010 11110101 101010 11010101 01110101 10101010 101010 01011111 101010 01110101 101010 11010101 00010101 10101010 101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 936
  • Average number of words per stanza: 163
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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 punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; hurra is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word hurra is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines hurra is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase hurra connects the lines.

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