This is an analysis of the poem An Heroic Address To [oxford], Concerning The Combined Utility And Dignity Of Military Affairs And O that begins with:

This is my welcome; this is how I have decided to bid All Hail!
to thee and to the other Nobles. ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcdeXabfbfXggchahbgiXbgfcgjjX cifdbcigiXebjf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 31,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00110001110100111 011001010 110111011011001010 0100001001010100 1101110101 11000101010001 0001011011101001 111011011111000 111010111010 110011010100101010 11001100111100101010 111110101011010 1001110001100 10100100110011 111101010011 1111100101101011001 101001010111101 1110010 11010101000001001 101101101010 111101010011 1011010110 111111100010011100 111010010110101010 01111011001110011 10011001100110110101101 1110100011010101001101101 1101111010110101001 10011101001101011001 111111001101010110101101 1100101 1111011000111011010101 11001110101001011010101 111010011100010101100101 110100010010010 11010001100100101110 00110100101011 11010011001011001 1110110101010111010101 110111010 0110101101001111011 0101011110010110011101001 111101100101 11111010110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 958
  • Average number of words per stanza: 171
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 64 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, thy, thou, and, thee, of, it, in are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines thee is repeated).

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