This is an analysis of the poem Lincoln that begins with:

Hurt was the nation with a mighty wound,
And all her ways were filled with clam'rous sound....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccddeeffdXgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101000101 1101010101 1101010101 1101111101 1101010101 0101100101 1100011101 1101010101 1101110001 0101000101 11111010101 1001010001 1001110101 1101010101 1101000101 11110111010 1101110101 1111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 820
  • Average number of words per stanza: 146
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • 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; with, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word earth is repeated.

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  • summary of Lincoln;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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