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

O Pride of the days in prime of the months
Now trebled in great renown,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXded febgccafdf XXXbbbfbXbcbcffggbg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,10,19,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100101001 1100101 1010101101 1101 10100011110 100010101 0111011010 11010101 11101101 010111010 11011001 1101001 01110101 10010111 10110101 11011111 11011101 1100111 01110101 11010111 0101111100 1101 11110101 110101101 1101010101 110101 101010101 11011101 11110011 11010101 0100100101 11100001001 010101 10110111 110111001 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 320
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; of, in, his, and are repeated.

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

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

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