This is an analysis of the poem The King Of Our Republic that begins with:

He is coming! He is coming! without heralds, without cheers.
He is coming! He is coming! and he’s been with us for years:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccbb ddbb eebb ffbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101010100110011 101010101100110 101110101010111 101010101011111 111100111111001 001000111010101 001001101010100 101101111011111 101010101111101 101011100010101 111010111011100 101010101011011 011110101010101 111110101100101 101010111011101 101010101011111 101110100010101 101100101010001 101010101010111 001010101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 310
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 61 (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; he, coming, and, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word he is repeated.

    The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word king at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The King Of Our Republic;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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