This is an analysis of the poem The Royal Review that begins with:

All hail to the Empress of India, Great Britain's Queen--
Long may she live in health, happy and serene--... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaaa bbccddcc aaee Xabbaa ffcc ggbbaX cchhaacc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,4,6,4,6,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11001001001101 11110110101 11010101 0110101010101 10100001 11100110101 101001011101 110101110101 01011001 1001110111 1011010101011 1001010111 0110101010011 11001101011 001110101011 101011001 010100010010101 0100011010110 0100111001001 10101101011100 11110001 01010101 10110110101 1011011101 1110010101111 01011010101 11100111010 1001001111011 111110101101011 0100100101101 0110111011 1110100010101 100010110011 100100111 11011011 11110001101 01111001011 10101001011 1001110111 010110011011 11010010101 0111101011 1010110101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 286
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; by, and, they, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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