This is an analysis of the poem At Rheims that begins with:

Their hearts were burning in their breasts
Too hot for curse or cries.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb dece fgag ghah fbeb ccXc ieXe bheh eXid ebibXbgag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010011 111111 110101011 011101 11110100 010111 11010101 010101 01010111 111101 10110001 110101 11111111 010101 11010101 110101 01010101 1101001 100101001 010101 10111101 0101101 010011101 0101011 11010101 010101 01010101 110111 110101111 110101 01111111 110101 11110101 011100 10101101 110101 11000101 110111 01110101 100011 011101111 110101 10010111 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their, as are repeated.

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  • summary of At Rheims;
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  • history of its creation;
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