This is an analysis of the poem On An Anniversary that begins with:

[After reading the dates in a book of Lyrics.]
With Fifteen-ninety or Sixteen-sixteen ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aaaaaabb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101001001010 0011010101 1101010111 0011111111 0101110101 1111110101 11110011001 1101011011 1111000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; sixteen is repeated.

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