This is an analysis of the poem To My Sister, that begins with:

WITH A COPY OF 'THE SUPERNATURALISM OF NEW ENGLAND.'
Dear Sister! while the wise and sage... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aaabXccb dddddddd cccXXeed fffXdddX fffghXhg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00100110100100110 11010111 11001101 11011101 1101010 11111110 01110111 11111001 0101010 01010111 11011101 11110111 0101010 11010101 11010111 01010101 0111010 11011111 11111111 11011101 0101010 0101101010 11111101 111100001 0101110 11010011 11110101 11010111 1110010 11010101 0100101001 11010101 0101010 11011110 01010111 01110111 1111110 01111101 010100101 11011101 1011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, a, to are repeated.

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