This is an analysis of the poem To William H. Seward that begins with:
STATESMAN, I thank thee! and, if yet dissent
Mingles, reluctant, with my large content,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaabbccddeeffeedggdaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1011110101 1001001110 1101011101 11010110101 1100111100 1110011101 0111111101 1011010101 1001000101 11010110001 0101110101 011110101 01010011001 0011000101 0101011001 0011011101 1101011101 00100010111 01110110111 1000100011 1011000101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 881
- Average number of words per stanza: 156
- Amount of lines: 21
- 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.
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 word the is repeated.
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