This is an analysis of the poem Washington And Lincoln that begins with:
Come, happy people! Oh come let us tell
The story of Washinton and Lincoln!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBaBcccB XdbdXdB eBeBfffB aBaBgggB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101011111 0100100110 1001011001 0100100110 1101011011 1001011001 11001011011 0100100110 1111010 1110011 11010010 110101 00010 11011 0100100110 1001011001 0100100110 1111101001 0100100110 1101111001 1011011011 1001001011 0100100110 1101101001 0100100110 1101101001 0100100110 1001101101 1100101101 101101111 0100100110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 284
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 31
- 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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word thanks is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word lincoln at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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