This is an analysis of the poem To G. G. that begins with:

AN AUTOGRAPH.
Graceful in name and in thyself, our river... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abba cddc edde fggf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101 10011010110 1101011101 11011100101 01010111110 1011001101 11000110101 1111000101 01110010101 1011010111 01110010101 1101110101 0101000101 11110101001 1011000111 01110000101 0101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, our are repeated.

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