This is an analysis of the poem American Academy Centennial Celebration that begins with:
MAY 26, 1880
SIRE, son, and grandson; so the century glides;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X ababb babaa cdXdd efXff ghghh Xabaa icicc eaeaX jkjkk bXbll lblbb jajaa bdbdd jmjmm
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111 101111101001 1111111001 10110101001 0001000111 1101010111 11010010101 10010111101 11010101001 1101110001 1111111101 1100110101 1001011101 10010101000 1001111111 1101110101 1101011001 1011010101 11010100100 1101010101 0011110101 1101110100 01010001110 1011110101 01010001010 11011101010 1001111110 010101011001 1011000101 0101010101 110100101001 1101010101 0101000111 10110101001 1111010101 0101001001 1001001001 1101110101 11001011101 1111010001 10110001010 1001010101 10110000111 1011011101 1011010101 1111110111 11011100111 1011010110 0111110101 01010010101 1101110101 1111110111 0111010101 11010011101 11010100111 11110101001 1011010111 1101011111 1010100111 0101110101 1111110101 1011011111 1101010101 1011010111 1111111111 1111111111 11110111001 10110010101 1011001101 0101010011 010101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 71
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; three, of, and, their, our, we are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word has is repeated.
The author used the same word how at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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