This is an analysis of the poem To The King's Most Excellent Majesty 1768 that begins with:
YOUR subjects hope, dread Sire--
The crown upon your brows may flourish long,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaabbccddccbbbbXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1011110 0101111101 1111101101 1111010101 1101110001 1111010101 1101110111 1001001101 0101010101 11010110101 1011010101 1101111011 1001110101 1111010101 0111110011 0010011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 342
- Average number of words per stanza: 61
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; your, may, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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