This is an analysis of the poem Columbia that begins with:

Tune-Anacreon in Heaven
To Columbia who, gladly reclined at her ease ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcXdddeX eeffXccEE ggbbaXaEX hhffiiieE eeeejjee eehhXjjjeE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,9,9,9,8,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1100010 0010011001101 101011011001 01011001001 110001001001 11001 11011 101101101001 11101011101 011001011010 1010011101001 111011111011 111111101001 111011101011 11101 111001 101001011001 11101001001 101011111001 01011001101 01001001001 1111110010001 1111100010001 111101 0011100 111111111001 11101001001 101011111010 1010010011001 11111101001 10100111101 101001001001 1011010 110110 110010111110 11101001001 101011111001 01001101011 101001111101 11011011111 11101101011 1110101011 01011001001 111101001001 111111011001 110010011101 01011101011 11001011001 101101101011 11001 101001 11101011001 11001001001 101011111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 336
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; to, his, their are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word that is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word defend at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Columbia;
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  • history of its creation;
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