This is an analysis of the poem Herman Melville that begins with:

‘My towers at last!’—
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccXbddbddbb beebfaafaagghhhhhaahaaiii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,25,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011 1101 01010101 10011101 11010101 11001101 01000111 10110101 111100101 11111101 01101001 11010001 111100111 110101001 01100111 01001111 11001101 11010101 100011111 11111111 11001001 11111101 010010101 11011111 00111111 10110101 011000101 01110101 11101101 01110101 11000101 00010101 11000111 1100111011 110001001 110000101 10011101 10010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 656
  • Average number of words per stanza: 121
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, to are repeated.

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

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