This is an analysis of the poem The Emigrants’ Monument At Point St. Charles that begins with:

A kindly thought, a generous deed,
Ye gallant sons of toil!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbaa adedff fgcghh fdXdff XibijjXjaeaee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101001 110101 11010111 110101 1010001101 110101111 11111101 11111001 011010101 110101 1011111111 110111001 11110101 101111 11011011 110101 1101101011 1110110101 101010111 011101 001110101 1010101 1111111001 1010111101 01100101 1101110 01010111 10110010 010101101 100111101 11010111 100101 01001101 111111 1010111001 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; to, and are repeated.

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  • summary of The Emigrants’ Monument At Point St. Charles;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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