This is an analysis of the poem Lines On Mr. Hodgson Written On Board The Lisbon Packet that begins with:
Huzza! Hodgson, we are going,
Our embargo's off at last;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababacXcddeaaebb afafgXgXaheaaebb hihihfhXjjXeedbX ikikkkkkllmXXmbX jnjnkikikkfXafbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,16,16,16,16,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101110 1100111 1001010 10101001 00101010 10111010 10101100 1111101 1010 1011 1000101 1010 1010 1010101 1010001010 11111010 11101110 1111101 100010100 1010101 100111110 10101110 10111010 110110110 1110 1110 1010101 1010 11100 1010111 10101110 11101010 11101010 1010101 10011110 1010101 101111010 11010111 10101110 101110100 10110 1010 01111010 10110 1111 1011011 11101110 000110100 10101111 1010111 10111011 10101101 101001010 1010111 10101010 1011111 100010 1010 10101001001 01101 100100 10110101 11101010 001010100 11111110 1111111 10111010 1101001 11111010 1010001 10111010 1111111 1111 1111 1111111 1110 1110 1010111 10111110 11101010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 575
- Average number of words per stanza: 84
- Amount of lines: 80
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; you is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words who, did are repeated.
The author used the same word now at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines things is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word packet at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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