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

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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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