This is an analysis of the poem Deacon Normand Smith, that begins with:
Died at Hartford, May 22d, 1860, aged 87.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X XabcbdedfdXXXXadfghe Xbffgffch
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,20,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011111 1101010111 1001110101 011101 10110 1101000101 1101010101 0101011101 110101 01001 1101010011 1011 011100 1111110101 1001110 1001 11010000111 1100111101 1001101101 0101110001 1101010101 1011110111 0101010111 110110001 1101000101 1101011 101 1111011101 1101000101 11010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 354
- Average number of words per stanza: 65
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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