This is an analysis of the poem Written Christmas Day 1797 that begins with:
I am a widow'd thing, now thou art gone!
Now thou art gone, my own familiar friend,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXXaXaXbcdXXd bXaecXceeaffc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,13,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101011111 1111110101 0101011100 01110011110 1101001111 01001001101 1111001101 1001111001 11001010101 0101110111 01011101110 00101110111 10110101111 111100 11011 1111111111 0100111101 1011110100 0100110101 0101111111 0110010111 1101010101 0000011111 00101110111 01011010001 1011010101 11011011011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 568
- Average number of words per stanza: 107
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- 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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