This is an analysis of the poem Thomas Campbell that begins with:

As musings on Banks of Canadian Thames doth not necessarily consist of
meditations in verse, but the monotony of the cogitations may be relieved...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdXeXaf XX cgXf hhXX abgdbbfbd ddeeiiii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,2,4,4,9,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 110110010011110100010 101001100100001000100110 01000111101010011000010001 10101001010101110010010100 10011011010101001011110 110100101011010011111 11110111101110001011101 1001111101101010110000100 100011010100101001001110 1011011101 11010111011 10110010000010001001101001 1101001010011001010100 11010101101101001001000101 010010 1101010101 10110010101 1101111101 11010100100 0101011100101111000111 01011011001001010010010110 10100101001010101010110 11101101101011001011011 10111100111100111001010 010010010100010010011001010 10001001010010101010111100 1110010110010001010000 0100101010000101010 11000101 11110101 110111001 01110101 11010101 00110101 11111101 01111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 396
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 65 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, of, and, he are repeated.

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  • summary of Thomas Campbell;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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