This is an analysis of the poem The Congressmen Came Out To See Bull Run that begins with:
The congressmen came out to see Bull Run,
The congressmen who like free shows and spectacles.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdaecabaefghaichiajXhaiAiAbAjAhAhAabhbkhhhiahXbbicbfXjaidfbgkbijebahiXafhgbhbbXbijXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 86,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0100110111 010011111100 1111110001 1111011111 110100111010 1101010101 01010001001 1100001001001 01010001001 0111100100 110101001 11001100101 01001010111 0101010011 1111000100 0111011101 0001110101 110011111 0101010101 110111100 1110101 011100 0101 111101 010010010101 011100 011010100101 011100 0111010101 011100 01001000111 011100 01010101001 011100 010010011001 011100 1001110100 1011011101 0111010001 1100010001 11110101010 1011010101 010111011 1101010111 11010100101 01010011001 1010101001100 1100100101001 0101010101 11100000101 011100101001 11011001010 1001110111 1101110101 111100101110 01100111001 1110111100 11110011101 11110011111 011011 11010 110101010111 110101010010 1101011100 0111010101 0101101101 110101001 1001110101 1011011001 1111010101 1011010101 01001010101 1110111100 0111100101 1011100101 11001010111 01010 101101 1011010100 1111010100 1101011000 01 1001010111 1101110101 110101100 1111010011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 3382
- Average number of words per stanza: 576
- Amount of lines: 86
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; and, their, ave, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, they, of, ave are repeated.
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