This is an analysis of the poem An Anniversary that begins with:
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbc Xdede Xffff Xghgh abbbb agigi Xjdjd Xkhkh Xgggg lXafa abgbg Xhhhh Xgkgk Xdddd Xffff Xhlhl Xfbfb Xelel Xahah Xdddd Xacac XafXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 110010101 100101 11110101 011101 1 110010101 111101 10110111 111111 1 11111111 110111 10010101 010101 1 11100101 010110 11011111 100001 1 01110111 110101 11011101 110011 1 10111101 111101 11110101 111101 1 11011101 110111 11010101 010111 1 110111001 110101 11010001 111001 1 11011101 111101 11011101 011111 1 11011100 111100 11110111 011111 1 11111101 011111 111100111 111101 1 111100111 110101 11010111 0111001 1 11110101 011101 10110101 110101 1 11110111 1100101 11110001 110111 1 11010111 110111 11110101 110111 1 11100101 111111 01101101 1100101 1 11000101 110111 01000101 110011 1 11010101 110111 10010101 010101 1 01011101 101101 11111111 110111 1 01011111 011111 01011101 010111 1 011111000 000101 01011101 110101 1 11110111 011101 01010100 011101
- Amount of stanzas: 22
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 110
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no, to, us are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, all are repeated.
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