This is an analysis of the poem To My Sister that begins with:
IN MARCH 1865
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X ababacacdedecaca bXbXfXfXagagg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,16,13,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 011 01010100111 1011110111 1101011001 11111001001 110110111 0101010111 11011101011 01110100101 1110110001 0111011101 1101111101 011011101 1101011101 1101110101 1101011101 0111010111 1101011101 0011110101 1101110111 1101011011 0111010111 0111010101 0111010101 01110101100 0100110001 0101010111 1011101001 1011110100 11110101001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 445
- Average number of words per stanza: 82
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, and are repeated.
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