This is an analysis of the poem Written In Northampton County Asylum that begins with:

I am! yet what I am who cares, or knows?
My friends forsake me like a memory lost.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbX acacbb dbdbee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111111111 11011101001 1101010011 11110101001 1101110101 1111111111 0001000111 0001010101 1101010111 1011001101 11111011101 1111110101 1111111101 1111010111 1001010101 1111011101 1011111111 0101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 253
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, of are repeated.

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

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