This is an analysis of the poem The News That He'Ll Be Our Guest Tonight that begins with:
The news that he'll be our guest tonight
Fills my heart with boundless joy -...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcX ccde Xfca dXfc Xcba XccX ecXc XXXa X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 011101101 1110101 11010111 10100101 0100101010 10100101 0101101 1010101 01000100 0100101 010010100 11100101 01010101 1011110 110100101 011101 11000011101 1111010 11110111 1010101 01010010010001 1011101 1010101 01010101 101101 101011110 11100011010 010111 10110101 111111010 011010100 1110101 0101100110
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; with is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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