This is an analysis of the poem To The Emperor William I that begins with:

YOU are at least a Man, of men a King.
You have a heart, and with that heart you love.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaXccadedede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111010101 1101101111 01110011000 0101110101 11011101100 1111010101 0101010101 0101010111 1101011101 1101010101 1101001101 0110010111 11110110111 1101000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 596
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, the are repeated.

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