This is an analysis of the poem Hamilton that begins with:

WILD and wet, and windy wet falls the night on Hamilton,
Hamilton that seaward looks unto the setting sun, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXa aXXX abXb aaXa aaca acXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111011011100 1001101100101 10001011010000 111110010101 10101011010100 1010101101100 10101111011100 1010101010101 10101011011100 1001101011111 10110011110100 1110101100101 11101011011100 100010010111 10101011110100 1010100100101 11101011011100 1000101010101 10101011010101 1010101010001 11111011010100 11111001010101 10101011001100 1010101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1440
  • Average number of words per stanza: 233
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, calling are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase hamilton connects the lines.

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

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