This is an analysis of the poem Canadians' Welcome To The Prince Of Wales that begins with:

Canadians, welcome now the Prince-
Victoria's noble, first-born son;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd XbXb aeae X cece ddXd ecec fbfb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 010010101 010010111 11011001 11010111 11110101 01110001 11101101 11000111 11010001 01000101 11111100 11010001 11110100 01010011 11110101 11010001 0010011101 11010111 11010011 11111101 01010001 11111101 01000101 1111010010 11011101 10010110 01011111 11010111 11101101 01010101 010101001 010010101 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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