This is an analysis of the poem Hero Worship that begins with:

Said he: "You saw the Master clear;
By Rushy Pond alone he sat,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcccc dXdXdede dXdXfefX gagXhXhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010101 11010111 01110101 01011101 11110101 11011011 01010101 111101 100111111 010010101 10111101 11010101 01010101 11001101 01011101 111101 101001001 11110111 11001101 11110101 11011101 10110101 01010101 1101010 111011111 11110101 11110101 11010100 11111101 11110101 10110101 1101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 301
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of Hero Worship;
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