This is an analysis of the poem Mr. Clay’s Reception At Raleigh, April, 1844 that begins with:
Salute the august train! a scene so grand,
With every tuneful band; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbaccdXa eedXeffghe iiaaiddggi jjkkjggiij ddlldghccd ddlldaajjdXeeddelljje
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,21,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101010111 0100101 0101 010101 010101 11010111 01010101 1101 0110 010101 1111011101 010101 0101 010010 110101 010111001 10010101 1101 01010 010101 11001110101 1101001 0101 010101 001101 11010101 01011101 11001 0011 010101 11011011001 010101 1111 110101 100101 11010101 01010101 10101 0101 010101 01111001101 110001 1101 010101 010111 11010101 110111110 1111 0101 110101 1101010101 1100111 010101 100111 010101 11010101 110100101 0101 0101 1100101 00100011101 010101 1101 011011 1111 10010101 110101001 101001 1101 1100101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 279
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 70
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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.
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- summary of Mr. Clay’s Reception At Raleigh, April, 1844;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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