This is an analysis of the poem The Famous Victory Of Saarbrucken that begins with:

At centre, the Emperor, blue-yellow, in apotheosis,
Gallops off, ramrod straight, on his fine gee-gee,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aaaX bXbXbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1100100110001010 10111110111 1010110111010 111111010100 011000100101 10010111010 10101101011 1100111011 1010101010101 10011101001 111000101 010101011001 010100011110101 1111001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as, his are repeated.

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