This is an analysis of the poem The Pelican Chorus that begins with:
King and Queen of the Pelicans we;
No other Birds so grand we see!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXAaCC ddeeffggeehhAACC cceeiibbhheeAACChhhhhhbbccjjaahhbbeeAACCXaahhffjjAACC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,16,53,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 111001001 11011111 1111111 010100111 10101001 111111011 10101001 111111111 111010111 111110101 111111111 111100101 11011101 101111111 1010101111 1010010111 1011101 101100101 1001111001 100011101 10101001 111111011 10101001 111111111 11111101 11010101 010100111 1100111111 101111001 111000101 10111101 11100101 10010101 11111111 1100100111 101100111 10101001 111111011 10101001 111111111 11110101 010011101 101010101 010100111 01110111 1010010101 11111001011 111110101 111111101 010011111 110010111 0010100111 1010100111 111100101 1010011111 001000110111 1101001001 10011101 10111001001 0101001001 10101001 111111011 10101001 111111111 110100111 11010001001 101101101 1110100101 10100101 111011101 1110100101 11100101101 10101001 111111011 10101001 111111111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 736
- Average number of words per stanza: 137
- Amount of lines: 76
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; we, so, on, and, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, by, and are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word still at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Pelican Chorus;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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