This is an analysis of the poem Esto Perpetua that begins with:

Dedicated to the students of the college of physicians and surgeons, at Keokuk, Iowa, classes of 1875-76.
Students ! as again ye gather ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abcbXded cfefghgh gcgcXdad fbhbfdXd diXiXhXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000001000100010110110010010011 10101110 1111101 11101010 1001111 01101011 1010101 10001010 0010101 11101010 1001111 11111010 1110101 101010011 1001101 10111011 1111101 10111111 1111101 101010011 1111101 10101010 1110101 11001010 1111101 01101010 1011101 10100010 0010011 11101110 0111101 11101010 1111101 10111010 1010111 111001000 1111101 11001110 10101110 10111010 10101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; of, your are repeated.

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  • summary of Esto Perpetua;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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