This is an analysis of the poem Stanzas On The Taking Of Quebec And The Death Of General Wolfe that begins with:
AMIDST the clamour of exulting joys,
Which triumph forces from the patriot heart,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb cdcd eaea
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0101000101 11010001001 1101001101 11010010101 1101010101 10111110101 0101111101 1111010111 0101110101 1111010101 1111110011 1011010101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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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