This is an analysis of the poem Gentlemen! that begins with:
Gentlemen! a politician,
One who values his position,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccaa aaddeeff aabbeecc aagghhii Xabbffee aajjkkee aallffbb aabbdXee Xaahhjjbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10001010 11100010 1010100 1011101 1111101 1111111 1111101 1010111 10011010 00111010 1010001 10011101 1010101 1010111 1000100 1011101 10011010 11111010 1101111 1011111 1111111 0010100 1110111 1001101 10001010 10101010 0111111 10011111 1110111 0011101 1111111 0011111 10001010 00101010 1110101 1111101 1010111 1110111 1110111 1010101 10001010 01101010 0010111 1110101 1011101 1110111 1010110 1010111 10001010 11101010 1111111 1010011 0110100 0011101 1111101 1110101 10001010 10101010 0110111 1011111 1111111 10011110 0111101 1011101 10001010 01101010 1111111 1011101 1011101 1110101 1001111 1011101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 80
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; and, in are repeated.
The author used the same word gentlemen at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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