This is an analysis of the poem Caroline Chisholm that begins with:

THE PRIESTS and the Levites went forth, to feast at the courts of the Kings;
They were vain of their greatness and worth, and gladdened with... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb aacc ddbb aaee ffaa ggggXbbaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01101001101101001 101011011110001001 101001001111101001 11001100101011001 01101001111101101 001011001001001001 11101101110101001 10100101111101011 01011001111001111 011011101111111011 11011001111011001 101011000101001001 0110100101011011 11100100101001011 10101110111111001 111001001101001101 11011001111101101 011011001101011011 1110100111011001 111001001101101011 1101100111001001 1101100111001001 11001011111011011 111011001001001111 1101100111011001 11101100111101001 111001001111101001 11100100111001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 309
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 77 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 15
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, they, with, to, he, her, them are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word they 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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  • summary of Caroline Chisholm;
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