This is an analysis of the poem Lord Roehampton that begins with:

During a late election Lord
Roehampton strained a vocal chord...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXX aacX XaaXccddbX eXcc ddfXeefXeeccbbX ggeXXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,10,4,15,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010101 10010101 01010111 01110101 01000110 111100101 11010011 11010001 11000101 111101010 1101110010 01111101 01010111 11011101 10010100 11010101 01011111 01011111 11011111 01111111 111101010 011101110 11101101 11001101 11001101 11010101 11100101 10000110 01010101 11011001 01010101 01111101 11010101 110010101 11010101 11111101 11011101 11010111 0101 00101 01000101 01010101 11001000 11011111 10011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 256
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, new, brand are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

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

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  • summary of Lord Roehampton;
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  • history of its creation;
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