This is an analysis of the poem O'Connell's Statue that begins with:
Chisel the likeness of The Chief,
Not in gaiety, nor grief;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd eeffghiijjee kkccaall XcbbhgmmcchgnniiccooXXeecckkkkbbbb kknnkkopnnjjbb hheeeXkeeopeeeekkbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,12,8,34,14,19,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010001 101011 1111101 1011101 1011111 01010011 01010111 1110111 11010101 11110101 1011101 11110101 1000100 11110001 11010100 101010001 100010111 01010011 11010101 11010101 11110001 11011101 11011101 11010100 1101011 10010011 110011010 10101010 11111110 01110101 11010101 01010001 1010110 1011100 0011111 1110111 1011111 1110101 1011110 01010100 10100111 11100101 1110001 01010101 1011101 101111 11010101 11010101 1010101 1010101 1010101 1010101 1010101 01110011 10101001 1101101 1011001 1010101 1011101 1010101 11010101 1010101 1100011 11010101 11110101 111010101 11010111 11010101 10100011 11010101 10101101 11110101 1010011 1010101 1010011 1011111 1110101 00100111 0010101 1010001 10010101 01010101 010100111 01011001 10011101 1010110 0010110 11001101 11010001 1111111 10001101 1010111 01000101 1011101 0011101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 513
- Average number of words per stanza: 93
- Amount of lines: 95
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; her, his, and, not, forgetting, thus are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, not, a are repeated.
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- summary of O'Connell's Statue;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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