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

Clang out, wild bells, your glad acclaim:
Roar, deep-mouthed cannon, honour to her name!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccbdeed ffggfgffffhhXXiiccfff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11111101 1111010001 00110101 1011001101 1100111111 1111010111 10101010101 0100000101 01011101 0100111101 010010001 10110111 1111010111 01010111001 010001 101111 0101000101 11111101 011101010101001 010101001111001 1111011111 1101010101 1111110111 11111100101110101 11010101 11110101 1101110101 0101010001 11000100101 1000111001 1000101010001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 669
  • Average number of words per stanza: 121
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, thy, once, more, glory, let are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Diamond Jubilee;
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  • history of its creation;
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