This is an analysis of the poem At A Dinner To Admiral Farragut that begins with:
JULY 6, 1865
Now, smiling friends and shipmates all,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X ababcdcd ebeXfXfg fbfbchch eieiebeb fgXXfafX efXfhhhX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 0111 11011111 1111011 01111100 1100101 11011101 1111010 111100101 1101110 11110101 111101 110101001 011110 110011101 010111 11000101 110101 111101001 110101 01110111 0100111 01110101 010111 010110111 111101 11010101 110101 11010001 010101 111100001 010101 11110101 110111 11110101 110101 01110100 1111000 11010111 011101 110100111 111101 01011111 011101 01100101 0100001 11011111 011111 111100101 0101010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; its is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words its, the are repeated.
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