This is an analysis of the poem On Admiral Lord Nelson's Sending In The Hour Of Victory, A Flag Of Truce To Stop The Further Effusi that begins with:
Again the tide of rapture swells;
Britannia sees new trophies rise;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc dede fbfbXbcbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101 010011101 01010101 10010101 01010001 01010001 01110111 11010101 10001001 11010101 01000101 11010101 11010101 11011101 01010101 110101001 100100001 01010101 01110111 10010101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; brave, to, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word in is repeated.
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