This is an analysis of the poem Reuben Pantier that begins with:

Well, Emily Sparks, your prayers were not wasted,
Your love was not all in vain....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXaXdXabcXXeaffdfeaedbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001110110 1111101 111101101 011111111 011111110 110011111010 110010110110 0100101110 1111001 1111100101 011101101 110010010100 11101001110 10110011 1110100111 110010101 11111101001 00111110110 1101111111 111111110 00101001101 10111010110 111001010110 110110110110 11001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1006
  • Average number of words per stanza: 200
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; not, your, me, and, in are repeated.

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

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