This is an analysis of the poem Calais, August 15, 1802 that begins with:

FESTIVALS have I seen that were not names:
This is young Buonaparte's natal day,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacddece
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1001111011 0011000011 1001110101 1011010101 0101010111 10111010101 0101111111 0011101111 0101111101 1111000101 01000011101 1001110111 1011110101 0100011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 589
  • Average number of words per stanza: 108
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length 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; and is repeated.

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