This is an analysis of the poem In Memoriam—rev. J. J. Lyons that begins with:
ROSH-HASHANAH, 5638.
The golden harvest-tide is here, the corn... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abbaccdeed baabaafggf eddeaaXgXX fccfggehhe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,10,10,10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11001 0101010101 1011010101 1101010101 1011110001 00110011010 010101010010 1101111101 01011110001 1001010101 0111111101 1101010101 1001011101 1100110011 1101010001 1101110001 1101110101 1101111111 1111010001 1101010111 0011101101 110101010 0101000101 0111010011 0100111111 0101011111 1101111111 1111111100 1111010101 11011010010 0111000111 1101111111 1001110101 1111010111 1111110101 1111110101 1000111101 1111011101 0101010011 11010011011 1101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 362
- Average number of words per stanza: 66
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; and, holy, who are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, who are repeated.
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