This is an analysis of the poem To George B. Cheever that begins with:
So spake Esaias: so, in words of flame,
Tekoa's prophet-herdsman smote with blame... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaabb cccdd bbbee fffee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 111010101 101010101 0100011101 1111001 0100010001 1011011101 0111010101 1001011101 1101101 1001010111 1101010101 1011010111 11110100101 110111 010011100101 1101110110 01010001011 1101010101 1001101 1100111101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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