This is an analysis of the poem Here Rests that begins with:
my sister Josephine
born july in ‘29...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbcX deff gcbd eeXX XaXh hagX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101 10101 11110 11001 11001 110110 1101 1111 011 0111 0101 11111 10 01001101 11100 110111 0100101 101111 01101 1001 110 11001 01001 1111 001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 81
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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