This is an analysis of the poem Garrison that begins with:

THE storm and peril overpast,
The hounding hatred shamed and still,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbcdbdbefefgdgdhchcijijgbXbkgkgcccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110100 01010111 11010111 01110111 01010101 11110111 11000101 01010101 11101101 11010101 11011101 011001101 01110101 11010101 11010101 01011101 11101111 01010101 11001110 11010001 01101101 11110101 11110101 11011101 11011101 01011101 11011111 01010101 11111111 01010101 01010110 010011111 11011111 01010111 00110001 11011101 01011101 110010111 01010101 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1362
  • Average number of words per stanza: 258
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; from is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, thy are repeated.

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  • summary of Garrison;
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  • history of its creation;
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