This is an analysis of the poem Commemoration Of Rodney's Victory that begins with:
INSTEAD of a Song, boy's, I'll give you a Toast;
Here's to the memory of those on the twelfth that we lost!—... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddbbee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01001111101 10010001101111 111011111111 11100110111 01001011101 10101111111 110110111010 111010111010 11001011001 0100111001 1110100101010 1010010110110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 593
- Average number of words per stanza: 113
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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; we, that, and, be are repeated.
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