This is an analysis of the poem The Eve Of Waterloo that begins with:

There was a sound of revelry by night,
And Belgium's capital had gathered then ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbcc dadaaeaee ceceececc fgfXghghh dedeeieiX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010011 1101001101 0101010011 01110110111 0101110011 10010001001 1111011101 1111010101 111011110101 0111011101 101100100101 1001110101 1111111101 01010100101 1111011011 1001010101 11010100101 1100000101001 0101010111 1101010101 1101010100 1101010101 1111011101 0111011111 1101010101 1101010111 110001111101 11111100011 11001110001 11111111001 11010111000 1101010111 0101111101 1110010111 01011111001 101111110111 1111001101 010010101001 1101000101 1101000101 1011011101 1101000101 1101010101 1101000101 11000111111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 421
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • 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:

    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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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