This is an analysis of the poem In The Museum Of The Royal United Service Institution that begins with:

Seized from strong foes by England's might,
Gleaned from the world's-end far and wide,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd dedeXfgf hehedidi bgbgddddXceceacac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111101 10011111 01010101 011111001 01000101 01110101 010101001 11010111 01110101 01111101 01010101 01011111 01010101 01000101 11010101 01010101 11010111 01110101 11110101 11110101 11010101 01110111 01011111 010100111 11100101 11010101 11010101 01000101 010100101 010010101 01010001 10110101 11110101 110101011 01111101 11011101 10110101 01011111 11011101 01101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 287
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of In The Museum Of The Royal United Service Institution;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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