This is an analysis of the poem Dan Paine that begins with:

Old friend of mine, whose chiming name
Has been the burthen of a rhyme... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbcc cdcdeecc cfcfffcc cfcfeecc ghghbbcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11011101 10010001 01111111 01101101 01010011 11110001 11110111 11110111 01011101 01010101 11011101 11111101 10110101 11010101 11011111 11010111 01010011 01010011 11110101 11110101 11011111 11011100 11010111 01011111 01010011 11011101 1100101001 11000101 11010011 01111101 01111101 11111111 11110101 11011101 11010111 11110101 11110101 11010101 11010101 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 276
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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, of are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word paine at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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