This is an analysis of the poem Verses Addressed To My Two Nephews that begins with:
ON SAINT HELEN'S DAY, 1809.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aabbccddee bbffffggcchXbbbbhhii ccjjffXgkkkkjjllgghh bbmmmmjjbbkkggffiicc hhggnnjjmmffggaaddee gXff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,10,20,20,20,20,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011 11010101 01010101 010010101 01010101 11010101 11010111 110111010 1101010010 11011101 11010001 1101001010 110101010 10010111 01011101 10010101 01110111 11010101 11001101 11010101 11010101 11110101 01010110 11010111 010100101 111100101 11011001 111111010 010101010 01001101 11111101 01100101 11010101 01011101 11010001 11001101 11011001 11010010 01110001 11010101 01110111 11010101 11011101 01010101 01010101 01010101 01000101 11010101 01010001 01010111 11010111 110101101 11111111 11000111 01110101 01011101 00111111 10111101 01000101 11110101 11110001 11111111 01010101 11010101 11010101 01010101 11000111 110011001 01010111 110011101 10011101 010100101 01110101 11001111 10110101 01111101 01010101 01111101 11010101 11010101 01011111 11010101 11010101 110101001 01010001 10010011 110101001 100101010 010001010 01010101 01010101 01011101 01111110 11111101 11011101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 485
- Average number of words per stanza: 85
- Amount of lines: 96
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; her, together, mother's, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, shall, together, this, when are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase home connects the lines.
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