This is an analysis of the poem Vision Of Columbus - Book 5 that begins with:

Columbus hail'd them with a father's smile,
Fruits of his cares and children of his toil;... full text

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 670,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
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  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 30961
  • Average number of words per stanza: 5186
  • Amount of lines: 670
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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, with, me, where, their, nor, no, in, they, to, your, again are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, where, their, here, and, there, o'er, again are repeated.

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  • summary of Vision Of Columbus - Book 5;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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