This is an analysis of the poem From 'Lines In Memory Of Edmund Morris' that begins with:

HERE Morris, on the plains that we have loved,
Think of the death of Akoose, fleet of foot,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdXefebcgheaijdckbkkedafli edbfXXdedjke gelbhhXeebaeXkXdaei
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,12,19,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101011111 1001010101 1001010101 01101101010 1111010101 10011010111 1000111001 0101011101 0011101011 100110101 1101011110 1110110101 1101010101 010110101110 1101011101 0011011001 11011100110 11110010101 01010111010 1101011101 01011100010 11101101010 0010101010010 111010001 0011010010110 1001011011 0100011110 1110110001 11011001010 10110001010 1010011111 11010110011 10101001010 1101001111 11011101101 111011101 0101010101 010001110101 00111101010 11010011111 1111110101 0101110010110 011101110010 0111010101 11010100111 11000101110 0101010100 11010011010 1100010111 100010010011 1100110001 1011101001 1101010101 1001000100 10111010001 0101010100101 1001010101 10101101010 1101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 660
  • Average number of words per stanza: 121
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; of, and, with are repeated.

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