This is an analysis of the poem In The Wax Museum At Hamburg that begins with:

Full of blocky majesty,
arrogant, dock-tailed, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdeddbbdXdffddegfeeeehbddijehkecjaeXdekbeehXjeekbgadlmlglkXXeaejeeedlgXLdjmmjLbijd Xm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 84,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010100 10011 101010 1010100 10101100 01100101 101101 1011 0111110 0100001 11010 01110 1010011 10100111 11 0010111 110110101001010 1011 101011 10010011 1111011110 1111110 100 011101001110 01110111 01101 1111101 11011101100011 0101101 0110110 01001101110 1101 1010111 11001011110 110110101 1001010010 11010101 0001010101001 10100101001 0010010011 11001001110111 1110101001 111110 101110001010 101001111 0101001 101 111011 110111 111 1101 11101 1110101010110 0100 111101010111 11010111 101100111 1111001110 11111110 10110101 11 01011101 01101 110111010 01101 0110111 011101100 001001010 1101011 01010111 01101100001010 010011001010 1010111 0001010 01101 1010 10110110 011000111 101001 0001010 110101101 1100101 11111 11010110 010111001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1589
  • Average number of words per stanza: 244
  • Amount of lines: 86
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; not, to, and, still, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they're, by, there's, but are repeated.

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