This is an analysis of the poem President Lincoln's Burial Hymn that begins with:
When Lilacs Last in the Door-yard Bloom'd
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a abc cbd ebeXf bXghidaghj kc Xlc bmn kbnolocXdh lajhcbokkcXhmpckj hchq kXbkmq hbjbrboXbsmmabdbaXh sfmXn ahd bfcbd kXd kabcedjoenkdkhc Xklbph pkbhka Xkk cm rrbn qcXalokohaprlkbeobfX nndkboXf nnnd Xfa nba f qcgq Xlkq bi fiX XaXq XXnecb emqn
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,3,5,10,2,3,3,10,17,4,6,19,5,3,5,3,15,6,6,3,2,4,20,8,4,3,3,1,4,4,2,3,4,6,4,5,3,3,2,8,8,18,13,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111100111 111100111 101110100101001 11111101001001 1100100110010111 111001001101001 110111 110010101 1101110101 11110110111101 11011111001101011 110101101111 00111011111011 10 10111110011101 1 01001010101000001 111 0100101000010011 01001010111101 1 01001011 0010010100 011101010001 1010011 010010010100100 110101 100101 1111011111011 0111100111101 10010001010110 011111111001001 001100101 010100111001100 101 10010101100100100 111010 1001011011100101 1000101011001 11110010 101101111 1111001110001 0010010010010101 00100101101110 10 001011101010001 00101010010101010 1001 00101000101010110 010101001010101 1101 01010100010101010 01110101001010111 10 001010101001 11011010 11111011 1111101 101101010111 11101011110011111 1101 11001010 11110110010110101 110110111101 1001111010010 0101111011 11101010111 110110010 11111111101111 1111110011110 11101000101001 11111100111101110 1 111001111001110 1011111 11100100101110111 11101 1010111110100111 1111001 11110101001001 0101 1111111110010010 01 1110010010111111 1 0101001111 111001 1101011011111111 111110011011 10101101010110111 0110101111101 111110111011111 111111110111111 11110101010111 1110111 10010111001011 1101010 1101101011 101010111 1111110101 11101001111011 001010010111 10010011111 001111111011101 1 0100101001010010 11001001 001110101101110 01010 0010010101001000 11111 0101101010010101 111 10101101011110 10 11010110111010 10010 11011011 10010011010011001 101 010110101101001 0101110010 110011010100111 101100111110 0100110101110 0101110001 0100101010011 01010100101101 101101010100111 111111111 100101001110010 10010011001011 111010101101 11010101001 11011110 111101111010 110110011110101 101101001011 1111001111 001001001101001 1010010011 0011101000110011 10 001001001010001110 1 10010100010111010 10010110 010101111101111 1010010010101110 010 101001011011111100 110100010100 10111101010101 1111 100101101010100100 1 0101010111 111101101010011 10010011101101 10101110010101 110010100101110010 010 11100100101111 100100100110100 10 001010010110111 101011001011 011111011111 1111101001101111 1 010101001 0010101010111 1010001 101001011 11110111111001 10101101001001 110 1101101 1011010100010010 0010010101 101101001 1001001011 11111110110100 111111111 1011001011001 11011101011 1110110101010 11101111011011 1110111110111 10000 0111000 10011111001100101 100101010011 1000101111 010111000 10111010101100110 11 101001011101111 10 111011011101 01010101001 0101101010011111 1011001111111 101010010101 10011111011 100101101100100110 101 1001110110101011 1101001010111 0010011 111110111 0101001101001 10011101 10010110101 1101111001 1111110111001 1011000010 1110010 111101001100101 11010010110101 10 110101110111110 11110111101110 10 101110110 1110101000 101100011110 110011010101100011 111101111 101010111101 0100111001010 10110110101110 101010110 100101001 1010001011001 10010010110100101 1 010011111110010100 1 1111011011011010 011 10101101101101101 1001 10001110010010 111001001110100 10111110111 1111001110010001 1101111 0111100110010100 1 111100101001 11111110001001 010101001111 10100101001011 001011010010010 1 001111010010010 001010111001001 111110011110010111 011111 1010101011111001 011 1111111001011 1001011010111
- Amount of stanzas: 44
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 311
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 284
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; in, and, o, star, with, of, for, i, you, as, we, walk'd, hear, sea, blown, from, sing, praise, thee, when, over, they, saw, suffer'd, passing, song are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, with, as, and, the, sing, from, over, passing, i are repeated.
The author used the same words when, o, in, lo, sing, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me, them, suffer'd are repeated).
The poet repeated the same words song, death, love, bird, night at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase song connects the lines.
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- summary of President Lincoln's Burial Hymn;
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