This is an analysis of the poem To Margaret W------ that begins with:

Margaret, in happy hour,
Christen'd from that humble flower ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb ddeffe gghaah
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001010 10011010 110101 1110110 0110101 110101 10110101 11000101 010101 01010101 1100101011 000101 01011111 11010101 110101 110011010 110001010 111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; and is repeated.

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

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