This is an analysis of the poem A Tribute To Mr Murphy And The Blue Ribbon Army that begins with:

All hail to Mr Murphy, he is a hero brave,
That has crossed the mighty Atlantic wave,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb cXcc dddd eeee ffgg hhff ggee aahh iijX iibb ggXe iiggXjjcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101010100101 1110100101 111011111 1100101010111 10101100111001 01110110100011 1110110101111 110111010101001 1011111110101 010010001001 1101001010100101 110100101 1101100011001010 11100110101010 1000101101010 1110101010 0101111101 11101100001 1110010110001 11101001001 110100100001 111101101 0011001 11110101 1100101110 0100011101 1100100101 01011010001 11011001011 0100110101 100100101 11010100101 010010111 11101110110101 110000101011101 1101110111001 0101010001 11110111 101110111 11010111 0101011001001001 1101011110001 11011101 11110110111 11111101 110110100101 1101101011011 11010100100011 11101010001 101011011 10011010111111 101001001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, they, he, all are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.

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