This is an analysis of the poem General Grant -- The Hero Of The War that begins with:

Brave Grant, thou hero of the war,
Thou art the emblem of the morning star,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbcc bbddeeaa ffbbbbee gggghhgg ccbbiibb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11110001 1101000101 01000010101 01010010101 1111010101 1111011111 0101000101 0101010111 1101000101 0101110101 1101010001 1101010101 1101110101 11010001101 1001110101 0100111101 01010101001 1101110001 100110111 1101110101 1101000101 0101110101 01011100101 1101010101 1101001111 1101010101 1100010101 1101010101 01010100101 11001111101 0111000101 01010010101 11110100101 1101000111 11110101001 1110000101 0111010101 0100110101 0101010101 0101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 329
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, to, him are repeated.

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

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