This is an analysis of the poem The Victoria, Lost Off Tripoli, June,1893 that begins with:

Heroes, whose days are told,
Above whose bodies brave... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd aaaa ecec fefe gcgc hghg eiei jbjb dede kaka
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111 011101 100101 1101 111111 1011001 100101 01001 111101 100101 1001101 1101 111101 010101 011111 0101 110101 1001001 011111 0101 111101 111101 011101 0101 110101 010101 111011 1011 100111 011101 111001 1001 010101 1101011 110101 1001 111111 100101 001101 1101 111101 111111 100101 11001
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 100
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Victoria, Lost Off Tripoli, June,1893;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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