This is an analysis of the poem New Chum And Old Monarch that begins with:

“Chieftain, enter my verandah;
Sit not in the blinding glare;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa Xbcb dede Xfgf hchc egeX ijij XhXh ihi h ikik jljl XmnX abab dede gmXm eeee ogXg onon boXo eeeX bjbj Xglg pbpb bqbq ekekXjgjg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,3,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101100 1100101 11101010 1001111 10111010 1010101 10101010 1110101 10101010 1010011 11011010 1110111 10101100 0110101 11101110 1000100 10100111 1111101 10100111 1110101 11100111 1100101 100101111 1011100 101011010 1110101 11101010 011010 11111000 1111101 11101000 1000111 11110010 1111111 100111110 1110111 10101010 10101001 11111110 1010011 10111110 1011101 101110010 1011101 10111010 0110111 10101111 1011100 11001011 11101001 11101011 1110101 10111010 1010101 00101010 1010100 00111010 10011111 10101000 1110101 11100111 1011101 101010011 1010101 10101010 1011101 11101010 1111111 10111010 1000101 11101010 1010101 11111010 1010111 10101000 1111111 11111110 1111101 111100110 0111000 10111010 1010101 11111110 1110111 11111100 11101001 10111111 1010111 11101110 1010101 10111010 0010101 10111010 101101 011001110 1110111 101110100 1101101 101111101 1011111 11101111 1011101 10101011 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 27
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 104
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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, i, thine, thee, him are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thine, lay are repeated.

    The author used the same words by, lay, out at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of New Chum And Old Monarch;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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