This is an analysis of the poem To Mary Field French that begins with:
A dying mother gave to you
Her child a many years ago;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc cbcbXcaca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101 01010001 10110111 11110111 01011101 01111111 11010001 11010101 01110101 11110111 01011101 11111111 100100011 10110011 110101001 11110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; you, as are repeated.
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