This is an analysis of the poem The Quaker Alumni that begins with:
From the well-springs of Hudson, the sea-cliffs of Maine,
Grave men, sober matrons, you gather again;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccaa ddee bbff aaaa eebb ggaa ddee hhgg iijj kkbb bbgg bbaa ffll hhjj ddkk mmgg aaXd ddkk eedd eeee bbaa llhh aaaa kkff hhcc nnXf aabb hhaa ffaa lldd eell bbaa Xakk ddaa dddd hhff eegg ggaa hhgg kkff ffii llaa ddkk fXbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0010101001101 11101011001 101101111111 11001101001 111110011101 101110001001 111011011001 101101011111 11010111001 111111111111 001101101101 101011001011 101101011101 11101111011 101101001101 111001011101 01111101011 101001111101 101101111111 111111011001 01111001011 111100001001 111001001111 101101101001 111011111001 001011111001 101101101101 101011011001 11101011101 111011110111 101101101011 101101101101 101101101101 01011101011 11011011001 01001101111 101011001001 101001001001 101001111001 1011011010001 1010010100001 001001101011 101001101001 001001001111 1010110110011 01000111101 11101011011 01101111101 111101101001 001001001101 011011001101 11111011111 101001001101 11101011101 101001001011 101111001101 11111101001 101001001100 1010001001011 01011111100 01101001001 011110010101 01001101011 001101001001 11001011001 111011010001 101011011101 101111001001 111101011011 001101001001 0100110110100 11101001011 11011011001 101111101101 101001001001 011011011001 11011001001 01101001001 10011001001 101101101001 1010011010011 1010011010111 1010011011111 1011110110011 111111111011 11011101111 101001111001 101111111011 01001001011 101001111001 101011111000 101101101101 101001101101 001101101011 101101001011 101111011001 11111011001 001001101011 111101101111 111001001011 111101011001 11101011001 1010100111001 11101001011 111011011001 01011110001 1010110110010 11011011101 101111011011 100111001111 11110111001011 01001111001 00101111101 11011010101 11101111011 11011011001 11111001001 11111001001 101101001011 111001111101 11111111101 101001001011 111101000111 101001001001 01111001101 11011011011 01101101101 11101101111 101001111010 001001111001 111101011101 101001001001 101101011110 111101001011 101101001001 010011101001 11101011001 101101101001 11011011001 11011001001 11011011011 01001011101 01111101101 111110011111 101011101011 11001111101 111001011001 11011111011 01111011011 101111011001 01011011001 01111011101 111001101101 101001001101 11101011111 01001001001 111011001101 101011011011 11001001001 111001011101 111011111011 001011001101 111101111011 11011011011 11001101111 01011111011 11101001011 01010011001 011101111001 101101001111 101101001011 01001011001 11001001011 110001001001 01001101011 11001101011 01001001011 001001011001 111011111010 11101010001
- Amount of stanzas: 45
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 180
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, your, and, they, in, should, for, to, as, him, sake, his, our, we, be, her, one, its are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words for, the, not, to are repeated.
The author used the same words for, i 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 him is repeated).
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