This is an analysis of the poem In Memory: James T. Fields that begins with:
As a guest who may not stay
Long and sad farewells to say... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaa bbb ccc aaa ccc ddd eee ddd fff ddd ccc ggg aaa Xhh bbb aaX iXi jjj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011111 1111101 1010101 0010101 0110101 1111111 1011101 0111101 1111101 1111101 1010101 1110101 1010111 1010101 1110101 11111001 1010101 1010101 1010111 1110111 1010101 1111101 1110101 1011101 10011101 11110101 11111101 1101100 1011101 1111101 1011111 1011101 1110101 1011101 1011101 10001101 1111011 1011111 1010101 11111100 1110111 1110101 1001101 1010101 0010101 1010101 1010100 1010100 1111111 1010100 1111111 1000101 1110100 1010100
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 90
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, thy, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word of is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase mirth connects the lines.
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