This is an analysis of the poem Lines On The Death Of S. Oliver Torrey that begins with:
SECRETARY OF THE BOSTON YOUNG MEN'S ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY.
Gone before us, O our brother,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcBCadad efefghgh fifiajaj ekekjljl ededefef jkjkgfgfXbcBCejej
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010001011101000100 10111110 00101 10111010 01101 11101110 10101 00111010 00111 11101010 10111 10101010 10111 111010101 11101 10101011 10111 10101011 10011 10101011 10101 10111110 101010 101101110 101010 00111010 101001 10101010 11111 10111010 11101 10111010 11111 00101010 11101 10011010 10101 001010010 10101 00101010 10100 00101010 001001 000101010 100101 11111011 01111 101001011 10101 10011110 00101 10111010 01101 10111010 111010 01100010 11101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 57
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word who is repeated.
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