This is an analysis of the poem October And May that begins with:
ADDRESSED TO SAMUEL JAMES ARNOLD, Esq.
: 'Behold, with mild and matron mien,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aabccbddeffegXeddXddbccbhhfXifhhjaajcccccchhXdXaiikcckcccdXchhlbblmmdhhdddhffhnngnngccXbbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,90,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010101101 10011101 11011101 100101 11010101 10010101 110111 11011101 11010101 111111 11000101 110110001 1101001 11010101 110101010 110101 11110101 11111101 111101 11110111 11010111 1101010 11110101 01010101 0101010 11111111 11011011 110001 11000101 11010001 111111 01110101 11010001 110101 11010111 01011110 010101 11011101 01010101 110111 011101001 100010101 010101 11111111 1001001 111001 11010101 11010110 011101 01010111 01110111 010101 10011101 01011001 110011 11110101 11001001 11000001 11010111 100110111 01111 11010101 110001001 110101 11110101 11010101 010011 11010101 10010101 111101 11010101 010010101 010001 01010101 01011101 1100101 11010101 10111101 111101 11111101 01010101 010101 11010101 01010001 110101 011101001 01011101 010110 110101001 01010111 0010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1493
- Average number of words per stanza: 256
- Amount of lines: 91
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, such, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words though, such, the are repeated.
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