This is an analysis of the poem Aldermen And Antirrhinum that begins with:
I walked out with an alderman, all on a bright spring day.
He was an august alderman, and much had he to say... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd eefXXeXX ffXbeeXa ccXXaagg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 111011001101011 11110100111101 0111110111111 0111010011001 1101000110101 0111010011111 11010100100101 1101010010101 110100110101 111111011001 11110000101010 01010101011010 10010101101010 01010100111001 111101001011010 1101000010110 1101110110101 1100010110101 11010101111001 1111110110001 0101000110101 1100110010111 1101010110101 1101110111101 11101010110101 11000100110101 1001100011111 0010101101101011 11010101110101 11111110110101 11011000011111 100110101110111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 452
- Average number of words per stanza: 81
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
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; he, and, 'em, not are repeated.
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- summary of Aldermen And Antirrhinum;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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