This is an analysis of the poem British Association, Notes Of The President's Address that begins with:

In the very beginnings of science, the parsons, who managed things then,
Being handy with hammer and chisel, made gods in the likeness of men;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddddcceeeeddffaaggffggeeddeeffgghhiieXff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 46,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 001001001001011011 101001011011001001 11001111110010010 010110111010110010 110101001111011001 00100100111101001 01011011111011111 10101101111011101 11101101001011101 01011001001001001 11101001101001001 101001001111111001 1100111001001001 001001010101001 11011001001001000 111001101011001001 11111011011001101 11001101001001001 1111101011001101 11001011011001001 11101001001001001 11101001001101001 101001001001001001 01111001011101010 111011101001011101 110001101001001001 101111111111101011 111010100100101 1100100101101001 111101010111001101 10110101001001101 11011001001101001 111011010010011001 01011001001011011 11011011011011101 11111001001101011 11111001011011111 01001111100010011 111011101001101001 0110100100110101 1110101001101101 11011001011011101 010010101010010110 001100101101101 10101100101111101 1100100100101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 555
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 67 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, nothing, they, but, our, let, us, so are repeated.

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

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  • summary of British Association, Notes Of The President's Address;
  • central theme;
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