This is an analysis of the poem Kinsey Keene that begins with:

Your attention, Thomas Rhodes, president of the bank;
Coolbaugh Wedon, editor of the Argus; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXbcXdXbXcadeXXXebc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101101001 11101000010 111000101 111001100110 11001011000101001 10100100101 10001010 0010011111 101010101 1100100100 10001100 1110100101001 1101110010 0010100 10011101 0101001 11101010 1010101101001 01010101 11011101 10111 1111010 0111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 905
  • Average number of words per stanza: 155
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; of is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Kinsey Keene;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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