This is an analysis of the poem Occasional Address that begins with:

Written for the benefit of a distressed Player, detained
at Brighthelmstone for Debt, November 1792. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbcc ccaaccddbbaaaaeeffaagXccbbbggaXgghhXdccii jjXahhjjkkcXbbdXXakkaaggdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,41,26,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 101010000011001 1100110101 10010101010 0101011101 110010101001 0101010101 1101110101 0111010101 10111110001 1111010101 10001010111 10100010101 110101001001 0111010101 1101010111 1111110101 0111110101 1101111101 1001010101 11101010101 11001011101 010100100101 0101010101 1111011111 1001110111 01010101001 1111010001 0101110110 1100000111 10001010101 1011011111 1111011101 0100010111 1101100101 0101110111 1101000101 01011101011 1101010001 1100110101 1100110101 0101010101 1101010001 1011000101 1101010101 00110010111 1111011101 11110010001 11011101010 11110101010 1001111110 1001010101 11110101010 11010101010 1101010101 1011110101 1001110101 1101110101 0101011110 0101110101 0101010101 0101110101 101110101 1101011110 1100101000100 11000101101 01010001010 10010101110 1111010101 1001011101 0100011101 1101010101 110100111110 01010001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1090
  • Average number of words per stanza: 182
  • Amount of lines: 73
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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 is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Occasional Address;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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