This is an analysis of the poem On The Report That A Wooden Bridge Was To Be Built At Westminster that begins with:
By Rufus' hall, where Thames polluted flows,
Provoked, the Genius of the river rose,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXabbccddbbdXee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1101110101 0101000101 1101111101 11110101011 10111110001 1101010101 1111001101 11010011001 11010100101 110010111001 1100011101 1101011101 1101010101 10010011010 1111000101 110010100101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 707
- Average number of words per stanza: 124
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, every are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word yet is repeated.
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