This is an analysis of the poem To John C. Freemont that begins with:

THY error, Frémont, simply was to act
A brave man's part, without the statesman's tact,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccccdXdbefefgghhaaefef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110110101 0111010101 1101010101 0111111100 1101110101 1100010101 1111010111 1001010101 0101010101 0101010110 01110110101 11000100100 1010010111 01111110010 1101010111 0111010101 11110111011 01000010101 01100101011 1001110001 1101011101 0111100111 10001110111 01010001001 1110110011 1011010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 204
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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.

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