An Impromptu - Ii by Oliver Wendell Holmes: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem An Impromptu - Ii that begins with:

AT THE WALCKER DINNER UPON THE
COMPLETION OF THE GREAT ORGAN... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX aabXXXXXXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 101010010 01000110 11010101 1111010110101 1101010111101 1111110110101 1101010011101 11111110000101 11110101111110 11011101110111 1101111110001 11111010110111 11110100111010101101101001 11111100101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 397
  • Average number of words per stanza: 78
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

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

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