This is an analysis of the poem Lincoln Monument: Washington that begins with:

Let's go see Old Abe
Sitting in the marble and the moonlight,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbac b XXcXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,1,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 1000101011 101000101011 10111010011 101010100 10 1101010 010 101 01 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 87
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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