This is an analysis of the poem For A Trafalgar Cenotaph that begins with:

Lover of England, stand awhile and gaze
With thankful heart, and lips refrained from praise;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001010111 0101110101 1101010101 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 4
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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