This is an analysis of the poem Boston that begins with:
St. Botolph's Town! Hither across the plains
And fens of Lincolnshire, in garb austere,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdccdc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1101100101 1101010101 1101011101 01001010101 1111110101 1001110111 1100010101 0101011101 1101110101 11011101010 1101010111 1111010101 01110100010 1110000101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 586
- Average number of words per stanza: 102
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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