This is an analysis of the poem The Battle Of Alexandria that begins with:
It was on the 21st of March in the year of 1801,
The British were at their posts every man;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabbccdd Xedd eeXf aaaa ccbb ggbb hhXX ddaa iiff bbaa ffjj ddee aacc ccfX ccaaXeecc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 011010100101 01001111001 1101011000101 10110101101011 110100010101001 11001010110101 10011100010101001 010111011111 10010010100100 111001100101 101010000110001 01001000101011 101101000010101 1001011011001100101 110100100101010 1101010110101 101011010101 1011010101101101 101010101101010 1100100011110 10100110100100001 111010011001 01011010010100 111110011110010 10110101100101 11010100100001 101010100111010 11100110111010 101000101010 01010011110010 11100100100010101 111010110110010010 110101111 011010101 1011000101010010 1101001100101001110 10110001010110101001 110001010011101 0101011010101001 1101010101011101 1101010011 1011110101 1100110111011 101101100101 11010101010101 1101011111011 101000100101001 1101010101110101 1101111101011 111001011111 1011010100110001 1011111110101 110100101100010011 011010001110011 10101010001 11001100100111 111111011110010001 11101010110111 101011011110 1110100111000 10110100011 1100110101111 101110101101101 10010111010101 1010100100010111 10100011010001001 01111010001000111 11001010001010001
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 242
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 68
- Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, in, to, then, his, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, then are repeated.
The author used the same words and, then at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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