This is an analysis of the poem Batterson Dobyns that begins with:

Did my widow flit about
From Mackinac to Los Angeles,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdedXXXXXebXXXaacXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110101 010001100 10110110110 11101010111 11001110 1111011 010110100 11110111010 1110101 1110001 10100101010 1111111010 0010100 1111101001 0011110100 1111101010 1101101001 111101011 110111 11111001010 100010111 101011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 759
  • Average number of words per stanza: 144
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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