This is an analysis of the poem Aurora Borealis that begins with:
_Commemorative of the Dissolution of armies at the Peace_
May, 1865... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aX abXbcXdXdXb Xebeccfcfce
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,11,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010001010010101 11 110100101 101101 01010111 0101 11010 1111100 0011 1001100 11001 0101100 1101 01011101 101101 10110111 0111 01010 0101010 0101 101010 010111 0101010 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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 words alike, the are repeated.
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