This is an analysis of the poem My Napoleon that begins with:
Above all others, everywhere I see
His image cold or burning;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd eeeefXfX gbgbXccc hXhXcbcX ijijcece kbkbefXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0111010111 0101110 1101110111 0101110 110011101 110001010 0101000101 11010111010 1101010101 1101110 11110001101 0101010010 010110111 011101110 11010010101 11111111010 1101001101 1101110 01010111 1111010 1100101001 1000011111 0111010111 0001011010 1101011101 1101100 1101101101 11010100110 11010111 110111010 1100010101 11011111110 0111010101 1101110 0101110101 0100110 110110101 010111010 1101011101 11011111110 1101011111 0101010 0111010001 1101010 11011101 010111011 1001111101 11010111110
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 320
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, in are repeated.
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- summary of My Napoleon;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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