This is an analysis of the poem Chinese Immigration that begins with:
You doubtless read the papers,
And as men of observation, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbcdXd aeXeafff XbgbhbXb ibjbabgb aaXaakhk jkXXciciXbgcgadhd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101010 11101010 0111011 0011010 11001101 0101110 11111101 0111010 110010101 0111010 111110101 0111010 11101110 100101 10100101 1100101 11010111 1111010 01001100 1001010 1010010100 010011 1110000110 010101 100001010 1111010 00101010 1101010 01000111 1001010 11011100 1101010 01000111 010101 10100010 111001 111010111 110011 01010011 111101 0100110 010101 110010101 010110 11010111 1110010 11011101 1111110 010010101 1110111 11110111 0110111 001011101 0111010 11110111 0011010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 256
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, the, if are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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