This is an analysis of the poem Lilian Stewart that begins with:

I was the daughter of Lambert Hutchins,
Born in a cottage near the grist-mill,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcdefffceXaefecbdXeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101001011 100101011 100101101 0011101101 1111010010 110101001 111101111 1101100 110101101 11010110010 1111011110 0111101 1101001 110101101 01001011101 00101001 10111001 11010010010 0101001000 111111111 111111111 101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 831
  • Average number of words per stanza: 163
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; how, and are repeated.

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

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