This is an analysis of the poem Abraham Lincoln that begins with:

Such was he, our Martyr-Chief,
Whom late the Nation he had led, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacccdccdeddeefbbfgghddiidbjbbbjkikllldfhddfmbmbjnjnmcmc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 58,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 11010111 010101 1001001101 0110001111 0110110111 1111101101 101111 110101 111111 010111 1101110111 11011001 0010001 0101010101 1110010111 110001 1101001101 1101110101 11110101000 11110101 11011101 1111000100 11110101 111111 01110110001 110100 1110110010111 0111010101 10011101101 0111110101 1101010101 1011011101 1101010110101 100101 1101010101 11010111 11010101 1101001101 110101101101 11110011 1110010110 0111000100 1100111101 10011001 111101 110101 110101 1100010101 101001 11001111 011101010 111101 11111101010 11010101 0101010101 1001010111 110111010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2419
  • Average number of words per stanza: 400
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • 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; to, of are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase he connects the lines.

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