This is an analysis of the poem To The Napoleon Column that begins with:

When with gigantic hand he placed,
For throne on vassal Europe based....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabba ccdeed ffcffc eegggg aaaffa eecaXX gggggg aahiih ccajja
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010111 11110101 110101 10011100 01010100 101111 11110111 10111111 111111 10110101 10110101 011101 010100101 01110101 010001 11011101 110011101 110101 10010111 110101001 111101 11010111 01011101 0110101 00010111 01011101 010100 01110101 1101001011 001101 10010111 11011101 110101 01010111 10010111 101110 110101001 11010101 011101 010101001 10010101 011101 11110101 11110101 010101 111101001 10110011 111101 11011111 11110101 110101 11111111 01000111 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; he, that are repeated.

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