This is an analysis of the poem Chattanooga that begins with:

November, 1863
A kindling impulse seized the host... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abcbbXccc aadaaceXe fghggihhh bjXjjgege abXbbahih efXffXdad Xbecbbdada
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,9,9,9,9,9,9,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101 01001101 0101100101 110111001 110101 11010111 11111111 111100101 11010101 111111 11010101 10111111 110011101 0100111 01011111 11111111 11111111 11010001 011101 01010111 110101 11111101 010101 110011101 01111001 11010101 111100111 111101 11011111 11110111 111111001 0100101 11010101 11011101 101101001 11011111 1100101 01010101 1101001 1011010010 110101 110100101 01011111 101110101 10010101 110001 11111101 110101 1111001010 110101 1011101 01011101 11011111 11010101 110101 11110101 11010101 10011101 110111010 1 010110111 01010111 11011101 11010101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 279
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 65
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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 word and is repeated.

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  • summary of Chattanooga;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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