This is an analysis of the poem Katie that begins with:

It may be through some foreign grace,
And unfamiliar charm of face;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffgg cchhiijjeekkbbccjjeejjjjaagg llffbbhhccmmffffjjnnccccffjjggffoogghhffffccjjddjjppcc jjooccggiiffccaajjccffffeeddjjccffff ooaajjmmffeekkkkffbbjjqqXhggeegg aaeeeeffffddjjrrhheejjggjjccppbbbbhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,28,54,36,32,36,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011101 11010101 01010101 11000101 11111101 01010111 01000101 11011111 11011101 010100101 01111111 11011101 11011110 11010101 11010101 110010101 11010101 11010101 11010111 01110101 11001101 11011101 11010001 10110001 11010101 01011101 11110111 11000001 111100101 11010101 11011001 01110101 11110101 11111101 010001001 01010101 100101001 01010101 11011101 110100101 11011111 01000100 10010101 11110111 10001001001 01010101 11010101 11010101 11011101 11011111 10110101 11110001 010101010 110001010 110010111 01011101 11110101 11110100 11010101 01010100 11010101 110011101 11010001 01010111 11010101 01010001 110011101 01010011 11110011 111111001 10010101 01010101 11000101 110111001 11010101 01110101 010111010 1100101001 10100101 11010101 11010111 11011101 01010111 01011101 010100101 11010001 11001101 11100101 11010101 011111001 01111101 01010001 01110111 01010001 11011101 11011101 11010111 01011101 10010111 11111101 01110101 11110001 11011111 01011101 11110101 01010001 11010101 11000101 110000101 11010101 11010101 11110101 10010101 11010101 01010101 010010001 11100110001 01011101 100100101 11010101 11111101 11110101 11010101 01111101 10011101 111010101 11011101 11010101 11010101 110110101 11110111 01011101 11010101 11010101 11110101 11010101 11110101 11000111 110111010 110111010 11011101 010101101 11010101 11010101 11110101 11111111 0111101 11010101 110111001 11110101 11011111 11010101 11010101 01110101 11011111 01010111 110111100 11111101 11110111 11010111 11010111 11011101 11011110 11110101 11001101 11011100 10111111 11110101 01010101 11111101 11011101 11010101 110101001 110101001 01010101 11011101 10110001 11011101 11111101 10011101 111111001 11010111 01110101 10111101 01010101 00110111 11010101 01100101 110101011 11010101 01110101 101001101 10010111 11010111 11010101 11010101 11010111 01110101 11110111 0101010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 217
  • Amount of lines: 200
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; his, in, her, that, and, of, not are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words now, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Katie;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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