This is an analysis of the poem To W. Hohenzollern, On Discontinuing The Conning Tower that begins with:
William, it was, I think, three years ago--
As I recall, one cool October morning-- ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcdefXf fXff ebeb adad ghgX gdgX iiii jhjh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1001111001 11011101010 1101011111 11110 1101010111 01010101010 1111010111 11010 1111010101 11010101010 0111011100 11010 1100011111 1101010110100 1111010111 01010 1111010101 11110111010 1101111011 11110 1111110101 11110101110 1101010011 01010 1101010101 11111110010 1101010001 1010100 11101110011 110010101010 1101010001 1010100 1101110101 11111101011 1101010001 11111 1111011101 111101010010 1101110101 10010
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; i, you, when, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, you, when, and are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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