This is an analysis of the poem After Waterloo that begins with:

On the field of Waterloo we made Napoleon rue
That ever out of Elba he decided for to come,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcX deXX XfXf dcgc Xege ehih aXaX cfiff hbab ibXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101011101001 11010101010101 11101111110101 1101010101010 10101111010101 101101101010001 1110001010111010 110111010111010 11011111101001 1010001010101001 110101011111110 11111111010101 101001111010111 11010110010111 101010100101001 110101010101001 11101011010101 11101111010101 1111101010101010 101010101100001 1111011010101 101010101110001 1111011110101 111010101010101 10101111011101 001010101010100 11111010010111 001000101011101 101001011110101 1101011010011 111110100101010 10 1010010000010110 10111011111101 11010101110101 1100011010101 10101011010101 1111011010101 10010100010101 10101011010101 101011101111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 55 (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; to, and, they, he are repeated.

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

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