This is an analysis of the poem Lineson Thorold that begins with:

McCready the great Irish Tragedian said, the view from Thorold
was the finest in America....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX aabbccddee ff bXdd ggaa bbhh ddee XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,10,2,4,4,4,4,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100110100101010 101000100 10010101 10110101 011101010 10101010 01010101 01010011 110011010 10001010 10011101 1011111 01110111 11010111 01010011 01011010 1111000101 11010111 11111011 1010101 1110101 1010101 11110101 1110101 1011101 00100101 11010101 10110101 1110101 01110111 0101010011010010100110 10101000111010001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; and, of are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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