This is an analysis of the poem Christopher Found that begins with:

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At last; so this is you, my dear!... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbcddcefeXgfhiaaiafifffbfb X jjkkddbfXfgh X bbeeeejeXelffl X Xmhhhm a nbnbafaf X cjbkXjeeofhXhcdcfaddXjoppcckjeaehhkjX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,26,1,12,1,14,1,6,1,8,1,37,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11100111 11110111 11111101 01010101 01011101 010100111 111010101 11011101 11101111 110101010 110010101 11010101 11111100 01011111 11010111 11111111 1110001100 01011101 11111111 10011101 00110101 11111111 11110111 11010111 11110111 01100111 1 101100001 11110011 11110111 11110101 01110111 11110111 11111111 11110111 11111111 11010101 10010101 11111100 1 01011101 00011101 01010111 11110011 11011101 01010101 11111111 01011101 0111010 01010111 110111110 11110101 11000101 111110010 1 11110101 01010101 111101110 1011001010 010101010 01000111 1 101100101 11110101 110100101 111100111 111010111 111101111 1010111111 1011111111 101 1101110101 1011010001 1101011101 1101010001 00101110100000 1101011101 0101110111 1101010111 1101010100 010001 1100 110101110 1101110 110 0101011101 1111010 1011 1111001101 0101010101 1111111110 1001011111 1111110101 11001010 101 1111111101 0101010101 1110110 111 1111010111 1011010101 0111010101 0101010111 10010110010 0101010 101 1110010001 110101110000
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 315
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 114
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, so, would, more, of, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, till are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines back is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases now, you connect the lines.

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