This is an analysis of the poem The First American Congress that begins with:
Columbus looked; and still around them spread,
From south to north, th' immeasurable shade;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccbbddeeffffffeeXeXXbbggccffaabbeeddffddffaaggddggaaddaahhiiaabbeXggiiddjj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 78,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 0101110101 01011010101 1101011101 1101010101 11111100101 1111010101 0101110101 11010001001 0101011101 0101010101 0111011101 01010110101 1101011101 1111010001 1101110101 0101010101 1101010111 1011000101 11001110101 11011110101 11011111010 0111010111 1011010101 1101110101 1001010111 1101110101 1111000111 11001011101 1010010101001 01010101001 10101010101 11010000101 10110011001 0101010101 0111010101 11011101001 1101010101 01110110101 1101010101 110101010101 1101010111 10111100101 0111010111 1111001101 1101000101 11110100101 0100110101 0101010001 10111011101 11101010101 1101010101 1001010101 1101010101 0101010111 0101000101 1111110101 1101000101 01001010101 101101101 0101010101 10110101001 1001100101 1110110101 11010000101 1001011101 0101010101 0101010101 1011010101 1001010101 11010101001 1101011101 0101010101 01010010111 0110010101 10011010101 1101010011 1101010101 1101010001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 3528
- Average number of words per stanza: 607
- Amount of lines: 78
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; of, his, and, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The First American Congress;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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