This is an analysis of the poem The Battle Of Lundy's Lane that begins with:
Rufus Gale speaks--1852
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aabbccddcccceeff ggeecchhiihhbbjjffiikkiijjccbbiiffkkcceeggkXlXhXkkggkXiiccXcXiicgXkk mmlliggegggkikhhfXXeecc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,16,68,23,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 10111 100100100010011 100111110111 1110010101010001 1110100100100101 11011101001001 1111111110011 10110111111111 1110111011001011 111011111110101 11011101011101 1101111100101 01011111111 1111111001101010 1011010010111110 0101111111101 0100101000111 01101111101010 11110110111010 111010100110101 011101011111 11011010010110 010011111001001 0111001010100101 1001110110101 1001110110101 1011110101111 1010100101111101 101111000111011 11100101111 101111000111 01101001011111110 011100101010 01111010101 1011001110001011 10100101100101 1001001100101 00101101011011 101000101101101 1001010110111 11011100100101 110100101110 111100111010010 111110100111 111001001101101 10100101010101 1110111101001 11100110111 1101001011101 111111100101101 110011110110111 010111111111101 111001100111 1111111110111 110110011101 10100111001001 111111011011011 10101101110111 110100110010001 1010010111101 1011101001001 11101011111101 110101101101100 110100100100101 10010011111111 1111101011111 111000111011 011110001010101001 1010010010101 011100111101011 1111111101001 11111110111101 11101111111001 1100110101110101 1111101101011001 11111011111 0111101001001110 1010110010101101 11 10111001010101 101111010111011 1 10110010011011 1101111011111101 1011111111101 110101100110101 110100100010001 10011010001001001 10110011001101 00110101101011 11 111010010111111 11010010101110 1 1110110110101010 1 0011101111111 101101010111011 1 11001010110101 10010111111111 11111101110101 11110111110101 1110101011010110 1 0111001010010011 1011111101111101 00100101011011101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1509
- Average number of words per stanza: 303
- Amount of lines: 109
- Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, we, of, it, to, his, in, there, her, you, him, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, that, you are repeated.
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