This is an analysis of the poem Europe, Mdcccci To Napoleon that begins with:

Soars still thy spirit, Child of Fire?
Dost hear the camps of Europe hum?... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabb cdcdbb eaeaaa bfbfff ghgijj babajj bkbkcc ekekbb dldlkk fdfdkk kbkbkk mamaee jdjdee bibhdd dkdkkk gdgdXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 111101010 11010101 110111010 10110001 01010111 10110100 11010101 110010110 11110101 110100101 110011101 01011101 010010101 11010101 11110101 11010101 11000111 110100101 11111101 10110000 10010101 01010101 11010101 01010001 010101001 11011101 11110101 01010100 11010111 11010101 1110111 010010101 10110101 010011111 11110111 01010101 11010111 11011101 01011101 111101001 100100101 01011101 10110101 111000111 01010101 10110101 11110101 11010101 110101001 11111101 1000100111 0100001 11111111 110011000 01001111 11111101 11010101 11110111 11000111 11110101 01110101 11111101 011101001 11000101 11110101 01010101 110010111 11010111 01010111 111111001 11011101 11100101 01001111 11010101 10011111 10010111 11010101 11110001 11111101 01111100 100100101 11010101 11010011 01110101 10011010 11010101 01101011 11110111 110111010 001101010 11010101 11110001 01011101 11110101 11111110 11011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 211
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 96
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; of, and, in, peace, england, thy, our are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thy, england are repeated.

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