This is an analysis of the poem To James T. Fields that begins with:
ON A BLANK LEAF OF 'POEMS PRINTED, NOT PUBLISHED.'
Well thought! who would not rather hear... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abba cddc effe ghhg ijji kXkk gddX blXb fXkf haah hffh kjjk llll cjjc lggl kmmk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 101101101100 11111101 01011101 11110101 11010001 11011111 11000101 110100001 11010101 10010111 0100111001 01101101 1101011 01010011 1101011 11010101 10010111 11010111 11010101 01010101 11011101 01110101 11000100 01110101 11010101 11111111 010110111 110110101 11010100 10011101 01011111 11010101 11011101 10111111 11010100 1101001001 010001101 1100111 01011101 11011111 01010001 11110111 01111111 11110111 01010111 11111011 11011101 11010001 11111011 10110100 01010111 11011101 11011101 11110101 01010101 11110101 01010111 010010101 01110101 01011101 01010111 11111101 11100101 01111101 110100101
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 65
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, who, the are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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