This is an analysis of the poem Channing that begins with:

CHANNING! my Mentor whilst my thought was young,
And I the votary of fair liberty,— ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabccbdbbdede
  • 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: 1011111111 11010001100 1111011101 1101111101 11010000101 1101010101 1001110111 01010000101 11001010101 11110001001 1101100101 01011111101 0111100101 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 617
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; and is repeated.

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