This is an analysis of the poem To My Eldest Brother, With The British Army In Portugal that begins with:

HOW many a day, in various hues array'd,
Bright with gay sun-shine, or eclips'd with shade;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeeeddffddddbbXXbbXaeegg hhffii iXbbhhggbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,6,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 110010100101 1011110101 110110110101 1111011111 1111110001 1101110101 0101010001 11010010101 1111010101 1011001001 1111010101 11011001101 10111000101 1101011101 1011111001 1101011001 11010010001 11010000111 1101010101 0111010101 10110101001 0111010101 111100111110 11011010111 11010110101 10111101001 1101010101 1101111101 1111110101 0101110101 1101010111 1101010111 110010101001 1101010101 0101010001 1101011111 11001110101 1101011101 11111101010 1011111101 01001110111 1101111101 1111001101 0101010101 1101011001 0101111101 111000111001 1111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 723
  • Average number of words per stanza: 123
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; to, thy, and are repeated.

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