Effusion By A Cigar Smoker by Horace Smith: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Effusion By A Cigar Smoker that begins with:

Warriors! who from the cannon's mouth blow fire,
Your fame to raise,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaccdd eeeebbff gggghhff hffhiijj effeXXff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100100101110 1101 0101 011111110010 10101 1111110101 10110111 11011011111 1110111101 0101 1111 1111010001 1101 1111110111 01111001 1101110111 1001000101 1101 0111 1001111111 1111 01010010101 110101011 1111010111 1110010011 1111 1111 1101111101 0111 10010101101 01011101 1110111001 110110000 1111 0101 1111001001 1101 1101010111 1011001 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 266
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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 is repeated.

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  • summary of Effusion By A Cigar Smoker;
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