This is an analysis of the poem The Pathos Of Applause that begins with:

The greeting of the company throughout
Was like a jubilee,--the children's shout... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddddddXXeeaa ffaaggXgcX aaeehhXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,10,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0100010001 1101010101 1100011011 1101000101 10110011001 0101011101 1001010111 1001110111 0101010111 1001000111 0100110011 0101011111 1111011000 1101110111 110010010011 0100111101 0111011101 1101000101 11010011101 0110010101 00010011001 0111001101 1111011111 1001011111 1101010110 1101011001 11110110001 1101110100 0110010111 11001001101 00101011101 0110010111 1111011111 01001010101 0111110110 1111110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 512
  • Average number of words per stanza: 95
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his, i are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Pathos Of Applause;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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