This is an analysis of the poem The Poor Voter On Election Day that begins with:

THE proudest now is but my peer,
The highest not more high;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefababXfgfbfbfgegeebeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010111 010111 01010101 010111 01011111 010101 11000101 010111 11010101 010111 01011101 011101 01010001 010101 11010111 111101 01111110 110101 11011101 010101 01110111 010111 01111101 0100111 11010101 110001 11110111 110101 11010111 010101 11011101 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 978
  • Average number of words per stanza: 189
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

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

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