This is an analysis of the poem The Geraldines that begins with:
The Geraldines! The Geraldines! - 'tis full a thousand years
Since, 'mid the Tuscan vineyards, bright flashed their battle-spears; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXccdd X bbbcXbebabb X cXffggcX X ccXhXeXff i jjiiccff i kkccXXcc X llddbbbX XXaacchhbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,1,11,1,8,1,9,1,8,1,8,1,8,10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 0100001000110100 1101010111101 11010101110101 111011101010010 01010101111101 10110101010111 11011111111101 01010101110001 1 0100001000110101 11011100110101 111100101111101 0101110111111 1 11010101011101 11001011111110 1 1111111111110 1 01010111010001 1 1100011000111111 111111000101010 11011100110101 10111101110101 01011101111111 01010111011101 11110100010111 11110001110110 1 1100011000110011 101011110110101 11111101111101 1111110101010 10 11011101110110 01011101110110 11111111111101 11011110101101 1 1100011000110101 110111010101001 11010101010101 11111100110101 010111011100101 01010101110101 111010100110101 11110101110111 1 1100011000110101 11011101110011 11100100010101 0100101110101 11000101010101 111111010011010 11011101111101 11110111111001 1 1100011000110101 11110101110101 110111010111001 01010100010101 110101111100111 01010100110101 110101011101001 1010101011001000 1 0100001000111101 01010100110100 1100101011000101 11110101111101 110101110111111 11010101110101 01010011100101 01110101110001
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 271
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 75
- Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their, and, not, to, ye, your, what are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words not, by are repeated.
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- summary of The Geraldines;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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