This is an analysis of the poem To My Friend ,Joseph Ritchie, that begins with:
Ritchie! to whom it shall be given to view
And trace (none worthier) that strange river's swell,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababababcdcdee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 10010101001 11110011101 01010101001 11110101010 1100010111 1101110101 1111010111 0111110001 10011111001 1101111101 11011100101 11010101101 0101010101 01111111001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 637
- Average number of words per stanza: 109
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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