This is an analysis of the poem Minstrels On Albany that begins with:

Here they are!
Excuse those crazed....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXcc dcefce aXgec cXee XdXhXag eiaXeX eCADjD aX icicfcjchhabXajghiXaCADijDXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,5,4,7,6,6,2,28,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 0111 111111 10111 01011 1111111110 10101011 111001110 111011101 1010100001010010 11010100100 1100100101011 1010011001 10110 0101010 1110101 111 01110 101110111 1001101 001000011101 01101 101001110 10110 101100 101111101 101 1011101010111 1101110 0111001011 010001101 100101 101110011111 110101101 1 0010 011010 101001010 101100111 1011001110 1110100 10101001010 1001 0100100110010 10101 100101010 111101010 1111110010100 10101000100 01001010111010 11011100 101111010 110110001 1110111101 10011101 1 10101000100 11010010010 111101100100 1001010 101100001000101 1 0010 011010 101001010 1010010 010100111 1011001110 101011001101 1101010010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 272
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

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

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  • summary of Minstrels On Albany;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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