This is an analysis of the poem Emily Ann that begins with:

Government muddles, departments dazed,
Fear and confusion wherever he gazed;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabb ccddbb ddeXcc aaffaa XgaahX iiddbb ccjjeX kkeeXa lljjeX aabbaX eeeeeX ffaaXX jjcceX jjbbXj ddlleX aahhaX mmhheX aaeeXj nndXeX hhooXX ccccXX ggggbb ccbbcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 100100101 1101001011 1001001001 1101001011 1011110111 01001001001 1110001011 01001101001 1001010111 1011101011 1011111011 10111101001 111001111001 111101101101 001011101101 1111001110010 101101111001 11001011001 11101111011 11111001001 01101101011 11101111011 010010011001 001001111111 11101011110 111101111011 111010011101 011101011011 11011011011 111110110111 11101001001 1001011001 11101001001 11001011001 11100110111 11001001001 10111011 11111011001 1001111101 1101101001 1111011011 111101011001 001001101001 1011001010 1001001001 1011001011 110101111110 111001011011 111110111 110101101 110100101 10100111101 11101101001 11001011001 0101100101 11110111 011111001 111101111 0010010111 111010011010 111111001 1111001001 10111101 11110101 11001110011 1001011001 1110101101 101001001001 101101101 0010101101 01111101001 1111001001 111001101 00111100111 110100101 01001001001 1011110111 11010011001 1101110101 0100110101 1111101101 010010111 0100101110 1111001010 100110111 110110101 11100101 110111101 11011111 1110101110 110101101 110101111 11001101001 1011011011 1001011001 101011001001 1011111010 1011111010 11101001001 11101101001 101011101101 11001011001 11101111101 100101111 11010110101 1010001001 1001011101 1111001011 11101101 110110111 1100111101 1111110110 11101100101 10111011001 101111101 10101111 10100101 110101101 11011001001 11001000111 1011101101 1001001001 11111101001 100101101 1101011111 111011001011 0001111001 1101011001 1101011001 001011101011 111110010001 11001001001 10111011 1011001001 101101001011 110010010001 11111111101 111101011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 23
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 258
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 155
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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, he, man, his, to, ', with, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, down, garlands are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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