This is an analysis of the poem The Sentence Of John L. Brown that begins with:
Ho! thou who seekest late and long
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcedfgfghdXhicbcbdhddhgjgjfcffeXgggckcckdldlmemmeXgXghjhhXdmdmlllllhghgjXjXXclcldhddhkjkjgdggi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 99,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110111 01000101 11011101 100101 111111001 01101101 111101001 00100101 01000101 1111001001 11010101 11001001 110101 11100101 11011101 11011100 11011101 01111100 110000101 01111101 01011111 100101 10010001 01101101 110010110 10110111 1000001101 11010111 11111101 11111001 110111 11010101 01010101 111101001 01010001 01011101 11010010 01011111 010010101 010001 11011101 11111111 11110111 1001111001 111101001 11010101 11011101 11010101 010101 11011101 110010101 11111101 11010001 01110111 11111101 11000111 110101011 110101 11111101 11010101 10011101 11110101 110101010 11110101 01110101 01100111 1011111 11011101 11010111 01000101 110100101 11011101 11000101 11111101 11111101 111001 10010101 101001110 11110111 01011101 11010110 11010111 11110101 01010101 010101 11011111 10010101 11000101 01011101 01011111 110011101 010100101 01010101 111111 11110101 11110001 01000111 010100101 01010100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 3454
- Average number of words per stanza: 628
- Amount of lines: 99
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, by are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words by, the, one are repeated.
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