This is an analysis of the poem The Melbourne International Exhibition that begins with:

Argument.
I. - The House being ready, Victoria prepares to receive the nations whom she has invited. They approach the various countries of... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a b c d X e ffggaahhccXcii X gghhcc Xjkk jjeecc jjcc llkk mmcc aa aacc jjaa iicckkaaccaaee hhnndd X ggccib X mmooddaammee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,14,1,6,4,6,4,4,4,2,4,4,14,6,1,6,1,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 100 101101001000100101011101010101001001010100000100100001010011010101001011011011001101000100111110010001101010110110010 1010001010010100110011000100101111001001001010010010010100010100010100001010010010010101010011111001001101001101101110010011110110 101001101 110101010001011101001001101001000100 1 100100101100101 101011001011011101 10111011011010101 10101100111101001001 101011010111000001 110101011111011001 1001010100101 1000110100101 010010111100101 1100101011010101 11001010110100100 1101111001110111 10101010011010101 101010011110100111 1 1011110101101 11010100110111 110101011011 1111011110111 11010010110111 0101010110001 1111110111111 1100110010101 11110111001111 1111010111111 10110101001001 1011010010101 1100110010101 1111010010101 1101111010101 11111100110111 1111110110101 1101010110101 1101110010111 1001010111111 1101110010111 1101010010101 11110100101001 1101010110101 0101111111101 110001011111 1101010010101 01110100101001 111111001101001 1101110110111 1101011010101 1101010111111 0101110111101 1111010010101 1101100011101 0101110010101 111010110101 11001101101001 111101011000101 0101010010101 1101110010101 1101010110111 1111010111101 0101010100101 1111011111101 1001010110101 1101010110001 11110100010101 1111010010101 0101010010101 11001010110111 0111110110111 1100110010001 01111101100111 11001110011111 010001000100001 1101010110001 11110100110011 1 10111101110101 11001111111101101 1001001110100100 1011111011100101 1100101011100101 11110010111010110 1 111001011010101 1010100111111101 110101010010101 1010110011010111 1110111100110010111 110100101010101 11001111010101101 11111011011010101 10010010110100101 11110010110100111 11111011110100101 1111001011100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 23
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 285
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 99
  • Average number of symbols per line: 65 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, to, then, you, our, her, in are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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