This is an analysis of the poem The Hartley Calamity that begins with:

The Hartley men are noble, and
Ye'll hear a tale of woe;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb cded dafa ebgb bbfb fXha igig gjhj jbgb ciei Xdjd bgCG gdad baca echc bgCG kcKc KiXi aLAX lliX aLAX llil dklk iaka amam
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01011101 110101 110100101 010101 11011101 011001 11010111 110101 11000101 1000111 01011111 011101 11110111 110111 01101111 1110111 10110101 010011 11110111 100101 01110101 010111 11010111 110111 11011101 110101 10010111 010111 11111111 110101 11001101 011111 10110001101 1010111 01110111 010101 11010101 11001001 01000111 111011 01110111 110111 11010111 110101 1100100101 1010101 101010101 111101 11010101 111111 01010101 110001 01010101 110101 01110101 100101 11110111 110101 0110100101 0100101 1100100101 110101 101010101 111101 111110011 110101 01011111 110001 01011111 11101 11110111 110101 101010101 110111 11110101 1111110 11011101 1111001 01010101 1111110 101010101 110111 11110101 1111110 11011101 111101 1010101 111111 101011111 11010101 111110111 0100111 110110110110 01010111 01011111 010101 11110101 110111 0011101111 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 25
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 100
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; of, they, and, he, sleep are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word each at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines keep is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word sleep at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase sleep connects the lines.

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