Feelings Of A Noble Biscayan At One Of Those Funerals by William Wordsworth: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Feelings Of A Noble Biscayan At One Of Those Funerals that begins with:

YET, yet, Biscayans! we must meet our Foes
With firmer soul, yet labour to regain... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaccadefdfe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1110011111 0101111001 1101011111 0101011101 0101000111 0111110001 1101010001 1100010101 0101010011 0001111110 01010100100 01001000101 1111010101 0111110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 589
  • Average number of words per stanza: 105
  • 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:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; yet is repeated.

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