This is an analysis of the poem Orinda Upon Little Hector Philips that begins with:
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Twice forty months of Wedlock did I stay,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc dadX efef fXfX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 0,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101011011 1111100101 1101011101 1110000011 1011111101 1011011101 0101011101 1111010101 11111111001 0101110111 1111110111 1101101100 1111010011 1111111101 110101101 1100110101 1101111111 1101001101 0111010011 0101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; my, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words , i are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.
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