1897 by Christopher John Brennan: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem 1897 that begins with:

Deep in my hidden country stands a peak,
and none hath known its name ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdeXeXdcdcbdbddfdfcgcgdcdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010101 111101 1111110101 111101 1011101101 111111 1111101111 111001 1111010101 110101 11010100101 0101001 1101110101 110101 1111010101 110101 1111101111 010101 0101000101 11000001 101101101 110101 1111110101 01001001 0101011101 110101 1110010101 101101 0101011101 101111 1001110101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 210
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, only are repeated.

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  • summary of 1897;
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