This is an analysis of the poem Trinity Place that begins with:

THE GRAVE of Alexander Hamilton is in Trinity yard at the end of Wall Street.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X a X X bba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101010100001001101011 0101010110010011111 10011010110011011111010110011100101011 11010111010011111111010101010010101111001 1000101010100 1000101010 1010110010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 667
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word easy is repeated.

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