This is an analysis of the poem Caleb Hazen Talcott, that begins with:

Son of C. TALCOTT, Esq., died at Hartford, October 26th, 1860, aged
2 years and 6 months.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab bccc deXe Xbdb aaaa afgfXagfg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011011110010111 10111 110101 101101 1100101010 010101 100101 010101 01010101 010101 110101 101101 11110001 100101 101101 101101 11010001 1100101 110101 0101001 11010101 0100101 1111010 010101 100100101 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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