This is an analysis of the poem The Merrimac that begins with:
Stream of my fathers! sweetly still
The sunset rays thy valley fill;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXabbccbbddecaaffbbgghhbbaaddiibbdXddcXbb ffbbXXbXhhXXffbbccjj hhffcceeggaa bbbbddeeccXXiibbhheekklllggggkkcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 42,20,12,33,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10110101 01111101 11010110 11110101 11010101 01100101 110010101 010010101 111010111 11110101 11110111 01110101 11100101 111100101 11110101 100100101 11100101 11110011 11100101 11010101 11011101 01010111 100011101 10010101 1100010101 11010111 101000101 11000101 110111101 01010101 110101001 10010111 100101001 01001101 100111001 1101100 1011111001 01010001 110101010 011111010 10011101 01010101 11010111 01010001 11011101 01010101 10010101 01010101 11010101 110101100 11011101 11010001 110111000 010101010 0001000110 110111010 11010111 01010101 1010011101 100101001 11000101 01011101 11010111 11111101 11010111 01110101 01010111 01110100 11010101 01011101 11010111 01011101 110010111 11010101 10110111 11010101 11111111 01010101 11010101 1100101 11010101 01010101 01010111 11100101 110111010 1101001010 110000110 110011101 10011101 010010101 01000111 01110101 110101001 11000101 11110111 10100101 01110101 01010101 11010101 011100101 110100101 11010101 11011111 11010101 11110101 11010101 01010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 946
- Average number of words per stanza: 163
- Amount of lines: 107
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; its, thy, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, nor, and, the are repeated.
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- summary of The Merrimac;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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