This is an analysis of the poem On The Summit Of Mt. Clarence that begins with:
On the summit of Mount Clarence rotting slowly in the air
Stands a tall and naked flagstaff, relic of the Russian scare—... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddeeee ffggff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101001101010001 101110111000101 101111101010101 101110101010100 101010101011101 101010101010101 001010101010111 011010111010101 111000101010101 111011101010101 001010101010101 111011101011101 111110111011101 101010100010001 101011101011001 101110101010101 001001101010101 10011101000100001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 378
- Average number of words per stanza: 71
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, watches, he, his are repeated.
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