This is an analysis of the poem To Avis Keene that begins with:
ON RECEIVING A BASKET OF SEA-MOSSES.
Thanks for thy gift... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a babaaaaccdeeaaaaeebbd fbXggfhhdiidhddjjiihkhkXkf lXlhhkkmamahehennnnmmkkmmmkbbkbk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,21,26,32,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10100100110 1111 01010 110101 001111 1011001 01000111010 110110010010 110001 010101 100011101 01011111 010101 0101010101 01011110101 0111001111 0101100101 0100010100 0101010001 100001 010111 1100100100 1111001101 01110111 10010100 110101010 010001010 1100010101 010001010 010001010 010001 01010101 01010100 010111 110111010 01011101 11111110 11010111 11110101 11110111 01011101 11000111 011101111 01000001 11010101 110100111 01010101 11100011 11010101110 11010 01010001010 0111 110101 11001010101 0111110101 110101 01111101110 110101 11010010 11011101 010101 11010101 011101 11011101 0101101 01011101 11011101 01011101 11010101 1101 111111 1101010101 111101111 1101000101 1001 1111010110 01000111011 101101 0111110111 101101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 673
- Average number of words per stanza: 121
- Amount of lines: 80
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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, and, to, in, their are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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