This is an analysis of the poem Thompson Of Angels that begins with:
It is the story of Thompson--of Thompson, the hero of Angels.
Frequently drunk was Thompson, but always polite to the stranger;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbc aXdc eafX aghgiX aidX Xheac jXXX XffX ajcd aXadXegiad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,6,4,5,4,4,4,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00010010010010010 1001110111010010 111101010010010 1001001001110110 111011110010010 101001010010110 1111010010011010 10011010010010110 101101101010111 010101101001110 11010111111011010 1011011111010110 111101010010010 10010011111010010 11110010011011 010 1101001111101 1010 10011111110011110 101101110010010 111001110010010 1111111111110010 1001011111011100 1100010110100101 10 1011011110010010 100101001010110 100111010010010 10110010110010 100101110010010 110101010110010 11010101101011 111101110011010 1001001110010010 1001011011010010 110101010110110 100101110010010 110101110010011 11010001111010010 110101110010010 1001001010010010 100101010110010 100111011010010 10010010110010110 11111010011110 010 1011011010110010 1011001011010010
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, thompson, and, that, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word never is repeated.
The poet repeated the same words freedom, ', valley at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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