Wellington's Funeral by Dante Gabriel Rossetti: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Wellington's Funeral that begins with:

18th November 1852
“VICTORY!” ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXbbabbcccbdXeeedfghhhgddddddXijjjXbbhhhbddkeedkebbbeXlmmmllldddlfgiiiXmnnnm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 78,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101 100 1110110 1010110 0111110 1101101 100 100 0010101 1011101 1110101 0010011 111 101 011010 1111011 1111101 10010100 1010 100 10111111 1111101 1011101 1010111 101 101 11101001 1111101 11011101 0111101 110 100 11110111 1111101 1010101 1110101 100 100 1010111 10101111 1010101 1011011 101 011 1011101 1110001 1010101 1010101 101 100 1110101 11101011 1011111 0110100 100 101 1011101 1110011 1100111 1110001 001 111 10011001 100010111 1010101 0111101 101 100 0011111 1011111 1110111 0010101 1010 1110110 0110101 11101001 1110101 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2070
  • Average number of words per stanza: 358
  • Amount of lines: 78
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy is repeated.

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