This is an analysis of the poem Thomas Bailey Aldrich that begins with:
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BIRTHDAY VERSES ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a b bcbc aXaX dcdc bebe XcXc ecec X X X fggffggf hfhfhf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,1,1,8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1 1110 1101010101 1101010101 1101010101 0101001101 11110011111 101100100 1101011111 1101011100 1101110011 0101011111 0101110011 1111111011 11001011101 1101010100 1101010101 1101110101 1111010101 1100010101 110101010111 1111111101 1110111111 0111010101 1111011101 0100010101 01011 1 010010 0001110101 0101001101 0101000101 11011100101 1101010111 1111010111 0101010101 0101011101 1101011101 0101110111 11110100101 0101100101 1101010101 0111010111
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; and, you, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word you at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
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