This is an analysis of the poem Bronzes that begins with:

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The bronze General Grant riding a bronze horse in Linc-...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbXXXcdcdaXXX X eceeXdfXadfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,13,1,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 0110011001101 11 1000111101011 1010101011011 1011011001101 10 10011111111 10 10100101010111 1 11101001010110 110101110001 11001 1 1110110101101 010 100110101101 011010110001 1101010111010 1001110000101 00101011 011001011011100 1101101000111 1100011010111 100111010111 10001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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