This is an analysis of the poem The Wrath Of Loyalty that begins with:

OCTOBER! tho' thy rugged brow,
No vivid wreaths entwine;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaab cdccd dedde bfbbf gggbhhhb ffeXdddd iifjjddf Kkl ffkklccecccce llbbb eeb Kkbllggb ddellmme nbXllggb lggggllg fb jjjffb gkoooggk eklll eek lllXeel llfbbbf bbcchhllddcllkkgg cckkgg eeggjjllkk ff kkggccgghhddeebbdddd ggcX bbkkffbblllXl llppddXnkkffccdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,8,8,8,3,13,5,3,8,8,8,8,2,6,8,5,3,7,7,17,6,10,2,20,4,13,18,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011101 110101 11110101 11110101 111001 110111101 111101 11111111 10110011 1011101 11011011 11011101 11010111 11011101 0101001 111101001 111101 110111001 110010111 110101 10010101 111100101 01010101 110101 11010101 11000101 11111101 011001 11111111 11010101 110001001 110001010 11110101 11010001 11010101 11010101 111010001001 00101010011 101011101 1111011111001 1110011001001 11011001001 01001011101 11001011 101001101011 11011001111 01001101 111111011011 01101011001 11011011101 110011011001 110110101 11101101001 01001001001 001101001 01001111001 11101001001 1011010111011 101001001001 101101001 111011001001 1000010001001 11101001 111011011011 11011101001 1110110100011 110110010001 11011101 101001101011 11011001111 111010001 11001011111 01001011011 1010101011101 01001001011 101101001 111010001101 11001001001 11011011 11001011101 101001001011 11111001001 11011001001 101101101001 11101010 10101 1110101 1110111 10010101 11100101 100111001 101 1001001 11101 0111101 111001001 1010111 1110111 1010111 111 1110111 10001 1010001 10101011 1010111 1110111 1111101 101 1011101 10101 1110101 1111101 1100101 1110101 1110101 101 10100101 00101 1111001 1011101 10111001 10010101 1011101 101 111111001 011100101 01111111 11011110 111101101 10110101 1100101 111100101 01011111 0101010 11010111 11110101 11010110 1101010 111101001 01010001 110100001 010000101 110101010 010101010 11010101 01000101 11000101 01011111 11110101 11110101 1101001001 110101110 110111010 10111001 11010101 111101001 11010101 11110111 11010111 01010101 1011110111 1101001101 1001010001 1111010101 11010001101 1001000101 1101011101 1001011101 0110010101 1111110101 1101010101 1011101 1010101 1110101 10010101 11001001 1011101 1010111 1010011 1010101 1010011 11100111 1110101 1010101 10001001 1010101 1010101 1100101 1000101 0110101 1011101 1110101 1110001 11100101 1110101 0111001 10110010011 0101011101 1001010101 10011110001 10101100101 1101010111 10001010101 1101010101 0101010101 0101010001 0111000111 0111000101 1110010100 1111000110010010111001 1001011111 1111110101 1011110111 1111110101 100011101 01011001 11110101 010101010 01011101 01010001 11110101 01100101 100100101 10110101 11110101 10010101 11010101 11011001 110101001 1100101001 011100101 111001001 10100101 01010101 010100101 10010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 31
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 277
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 236
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; tho', thy, and, o, name, their, of, for, in, ye, by, its, thou, sing, to, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words tho', thy, o, thou, and, who, yet, but, a, whose, sing, while, to, oh are repeated.

    The author used the same words thou, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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