This is an analysis of the poem Poems - Written On The Deaths Of Three Lovely Children that begins with:

HENRY,
AGED EIGHT YEARS.... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a b XcXc dbdb cece dfdX dgXg ggXg hehe ijXX kjlkj hmhX dcdX XjXj cccX hbhb hfhX dfXX dedX XeXe j b ajaj Xfgf XmXX XcXc djdX amaX dbdX hghX cbcb dcdc aaeae hehe ncnX XXeXX b k XfXf XoXo dimdX XmXm Xbhib bgbg ncnc cmcm bfbbb ijiX XXdX jcjc kfkf lemem dmcm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,5,1,1,4,4,5,4,5,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,5,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 110 1011111011101010 101010101000111 101111101010110 1011101 1011101010101110 011110100111101 1010101001101010 1111101 1010101010101010 111010101010101 1010101011101010 1011101 1010101010111110 101011101010101 10101101010111010 10011110 1010101001111010 111010100110101 1011101010101100 1010001 1110101010101010 1001010101110111 11101011101011100 0010111 0110111000101110 101010101110101 1010101010101110 1110011 10101000010100011 101010101010101 111111101011100 100110 11111110101001011 011111101111010 1110011101111111 1 1111111 1010111110111010 101110101011101 11111010111010010 11100101 10101010100010110 101110101010101 1010101010101010 1011011 1011101011101110 101110101001101 1110101011101011 10011101 1010100110111010 101110101011010 1011001001101010 00111010 1010111010111110 101011110110100 1010101010110110 0010111 0010101000110010 001011101111101 0011101011111010 1010011 10101101010101110 001011101110111 1110101110111100 1010111 1011111010111110 101010101010101 1111101011110010 1010111 1110101000111100 111110111110001 1111101010111010 0010111 10 110 1111101011111110 1011101011111011 1011001010111010 0110111 1010111001101110 101010101010101 1110101000111010 1010101 1010011011111010 111111111010100 1111101011111100 1011101 0110101010101100 101010101011101 10111010100101010 1011101 11101010110011010 101011101010101 1110011001101010 1010101 11111110011111010 111111101001101 101111011111010 1011110 1110111010101110 101010100010100 0110101011101010 1111011 1010101010011010 101011101011101 00101011001110010 01111010 1010101001111010 111010100111101 1011101010111010 1011101 1111101110111010 101010101010101 1110001010101110 1000101 11101110111110 10 1010111001000111 1111111101111010 1011101 1110101001111110 101011111011101 1111101010101010 0111101 0010001011111110 111111101110111 1011101000100010 1010101 1110111000111100 11111110111000 1 1011110011101010 0010111 10110 010011 1111111010101110 101010101011111 1110101010101110 0011101 1110101011111110 101111101011111 1011101110101010 1010111 1010111011101110 001100101111101 10101110111110 10 11101110 1111001100111010 111010101110101 1010101010011100 1010101 1010001011101010 011111100110111 01111010111010 10 1001100 1010111010111110 111110101111101 1110101001101010 1010101 011010101001100010 1011111010010111 1011111110100010 1000101 0010011110101010 111010100001011 1111111010111010 0110001 0111111010101010 11111010111011 1 1111101001111010 0110101 0111111011100010 101001101010001 1110111010101010 01100100 0111101010111010 111110101110101 10101110100101010 10101010 10101010100101110 101110101110001 1110101011101010 1011101 1010111010111010 101000101111111 1011101001111010 0010111 101111111011101 1 111111101011111 1010111010111111 1111111 1011101010101010 111011101111101 1011101010101010 10101001 1010101010101110 101000100010111 1111101001101110 1010101 1111101010101010 101011101011001 11100011111111 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 55
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 211
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 211
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; all, and, we, with, so, not, in, his, my, our, to, of, nor, no, her, arches, them are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words all, 'o, lest, of, be, and are repeated.

    The author used the same words father, be at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

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

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