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

IN this moment of our joy and exultation
From distant lands they come,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabacbcb dedefbfb gbgbcbcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001001111000 010111 01010100010 110111 111010100110 110101 010010101010 1010110 01011101010 1011101 1110100101110 0010111 11010111010 110101 101010011010 0010100 1111101001110 110111 101011101010 1010101 111110101010 111101 11010111010 1010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 307
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; they is repeated.

    The author used the same word in at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word englishman at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Our Jubilee Visitors;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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