This is an analysis of the poem Burning Of The Exeter Theatre that begins with:

'Twas in the year of 1887, which many people will long remember,
The burning of the Theatre at Exeter on the 5th of September,... full text

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  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, to, their, at are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words the, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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