This is an analysis of the poem Rita Matlock Gruenberg that begins with:

Grandmother! You who sang to green valleys,
And passed to a sweet repose at ninety-six,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcadbedXcXXdaXebXXcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110110 11001011101 101101011 111101 11111100101 00100111011 100101101 11100101111 10100011001 1010100100 11101111001 110111101 10110111101 0011111011 111101101000 11010101 1110111001 111010011 11101111110 0111 1101101101 111011010001 110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 940
  • Average number of words per stanza: 170
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; trap is repeated.

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