This is an analysis of the poem Stanzas On The Late National Calamity, The Death Of The Princess Charlotte that begins with:

MARK'D ye the mingling of the city's throng,
Each mien, each glance, with expectation bright?... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdedbbX fgfgffffggX hihijkjkhhX ahahlhlhffc hghgfifiXic mbmbcicikkX kckcbnbXiiX khkhcocohhX lblXfgfghhn dbdbhjhjccc gbgbfmfmbbX dhdhbbbbhhX lblbXfifccX lklkhihikkX hfXfbbbbjjX nlnlmcmeggX bfbfaXaffXX lclcohohggX XhihhchXhhX gcgckXkbhhXXhkhkhihice
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,22,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010000101 1111010101 0101010101 0101010101 11110100101 0001011101 0101110100 1011110101 11011101101 1101010010101 1 1001110111 11010101101 1111011101 1100110001 1111011101 1101110011 1101011101 1101010101 1101110101 1011011010001 1 1001011001 0111011101 1101110011 1011111111 0101010111 01010010101 1001010101 1111000101 1111011101 1101011100101 1 1101010101 0101010101 1001011101 1001010101 1101111111 1101010101 1111110111 1011110001 01010100111 110101110001 1 11001010111 10001110001 110010101110 1101010111 1111001101 1101010101 1111110101 1001000101 11110101010 110001111011 1 110110010010 01001111101 11110101010 1101000101 10110100101 1111110111 1101010101 1111011101 1111011101 1010111010101 1 1111010100 1101010100 1101010001 11010010001 1101010101 1011110111 1111111111 11110101000 10110101101 000101111001 1 1101111111 1101011101 1111000101 11110010101 100100111001 1111010101 101110010101 1101010111 1111011101 111101111101 1 1101111111 0101010101 0111010101 01001101010 011111001001 0101010101 01110010111 0101010101 1001000101 111111011111 1 01001011111 11101100111 11001010101 1101010101 111110100101 1001110001 1111010001 1001010001 11110100001 110101010111 1 011001000101 01001010001 1101010001 0111010101 1101011111 10010101010 11111101001 11010101010 0111010001 010101111101 1 1101111111 0101010101 1101000101 1101000101 1001110101 10010010101 1101110101 1011000111 1101010001 1011010010110 1 0111010011 0101110101 1011010111 10010110101 11111101010 1101010101 1111101111 0101010101 11011010101 111101110101 1 1101001101 1001010101 11010111010 010010111001 1111001101 1101010111 1101111111 110001001001 11010111111 110111110101 1 1111110101 1101010101 0111011110101 1001010101 1101001101 11011101001 1011010101 1001011101 1101000111 1101010100011 1 1111110101 1111110001 110101100001 11001111101 11111111010 0011010101 101110001110 0101000100 0111010101 0101111011101 1 1101111111 1011001101 1101011101 0101110101 0111111101 1011110101 1111011001 1101010101 11010010001 11110101001010 1 1101011111 1001110101 1101011111 1101110110 0100110001101 101011111001 0101010111 10110111001 1011000111 110101010101 1 111100100010 1111010101 1111110111 1111111101 1001110111 1101011111 1001011101 01011111011 11110101010 0001110111010 1 1111010011 1001011101 010111101101 1011111101 1111011100 01110111100 110111110011 1111110001 1111110101 110111011101 1 1001011111 1101100111 1101011101 1101011001 1110110101 10001111101 1101011101 10110010001 11111011111 111111110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 464
  • Average number of words per stanza: 85
  • Amount of lines: 230
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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, her, of, all, to, hath, its, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words silent, we, and, where are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase weep connects the lines.

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  • summary of Stanzas On The Late National Calamity, The Death Of The Princess Charlotte;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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