This is an analysis of the poem To The Miss Websters that begins with:

WITH DR. AIKIN'S “WISH,” WHICH THEY EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO HAVE A COPY OF
Not this the Wish in life's first, gayest page,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X ababcdXd efefgcgchihi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01010111010010010100 1001011101 01110001101 1101111101 1101111011 1101011101 11010010101 1011010111 11011010101 1111010101 11010011001 0101010101 1011010101 1101010101 0101010011 010111001001 1101011101 1111010101 11001110101 11001011111 1100111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 321
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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.

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  • summary of To The Miss Websters;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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