This is an analysis of the poem National Anniversay Ode that begins with:
Ho! for the day in the whole year the brightest!
Long may it live in the heart of the nation!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbbcbcb XbXbcddd efbfcgbg XeXXcafa X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010011010 11010010010 11001011010 110010011010 110100110111 1001 10111010101 0101 11110010010 11010110010 11011110011 10111010010 100101100101 1001 111101111101 10101 11010110110 011111011110 0010010110110 011010111110 100100111101 01101 110101110111 1001 10010111010 010011010010 11011011010 110010010110 1110100100011 1101 1100101010101 101111 0111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 278
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 36
- 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; to, of, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words long, what, with, and are repeated.
The author used the same word ho at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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