This is an analysis of the poem The Great Fire Of Ingersoll that begins with:

Written at the time of the disaster.
'Twas on a pleasant eve in May....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aabb ccdd XXee ffaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010100010 11010101 11011011 010110001 110100101 11011011 01010101 01010001 11010011 11110101 11111011 11010101 11001101 11011111 11010101 11010001 111101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; barn is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word for is repeated.

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