This is an analysis of the poem The Centerarian's Story that begins with:
GIVE me your hand, old Revolutionary;
The hill-top is nigh--but a few steps, (make room, gentlemen;)... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdbe dfgdX bXdbbdbdf Xbh b icebjkdccXdeXc cdXcelg bXXca bmeid h la Xnlkj fjfoh dckfddX hknhm ihX hh Xdlohl ofb hcdb bXlkia efec cXinm Xb ebb X dXof cekkX ccb bcXlkamXXd hcXbXcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,9,3,1,14,7,5,5,1,2,5,5,7,5,3,2,6,3,4,6,4,5,2,3,1,4,5,3,10,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111101010 01101101111100 101111011101101 100 111111111111 1100111100111011 11111010111 101010111011010 1001110001010 111010010010 1110100101 111101111 111101111110000 01111011101001 0101101111010 110110101111 10110101110101 101110101100101 11101110111010 10110100111010 110011110111111 11101111101101 1010111101011 010100 11111011010 110010011111001 101110101011011 1 11111101011111 1111 1010111100101 1010101011101011 1001 11010101101010010 1 1010111101111011001 11001 101011011 10001 1111011101011001 00011011010101 11010101101110 11010111001001 110100101101011 11101010101010 11110101101001010 011101100100110111 101010010010010111 01001 0100010110010 10111 010111101011100 1001 11110101111110 100110010 0111111011010 101001011 0100110000100 11110100101 1101100010010100010 11 0101111110001 111111010101 1111111010010010 1 01001001011101 10010110011000110000 0100 10010110110110010 10010100111001011 11 0100101000011010 11 1010010111110100 101 010010001 11010100010110100 1110101010111000 10 1100110100101100 01011110 11010100110100100 1111101010 11010010011110110 1111101000110 110101001 1011111001101011 011 110101001001001110 01101 111100111111 1101010001001011 101 10110101010 1111100110 11010111101000101 001 1111111 10100110110011 10111111101 1100110110011011 01 10110101011001010 1100 111110101 10101110110 10101111101011 100010 11110101 11010111010001000 110010101011001110 1101111111101110 11 1001111011 10111001010 11110011 11100111010101 1110100001010 100 0101000101 010110111000 111101011000011011 10 100011001 11101100101110101 1 11010011101000110 101 001010111110 111001011010110 1101111011110010 11010010101001 00010101010110 010011101101101 1001 001001011001110101 0100 111110001000011010 110111100100101 01110100111011 0101110101 1111010101111100 111001 11011100010011110 100101 01010010111010101 10100100101
- Amount of stanzas: 32
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 147
- Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
- 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; you, and, south, this, i, here, it, how, we, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words do, why, i, and, the are repeated.
The author used the same word that at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ground, battle are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word capitulation at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Centerarian's Story;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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