This is an analysis of the poem Denison Olmsted, Ll.D., that begins with:

Professor of Astronomy in Yale College, Conn., died at New Haven, May,
1859.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX bcdb aadedfXebgcgghXichibXX dXgXdfg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,22,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0100010001101111101 1 011110100101 110101001110 1101010101 010001 1101 1101111101 1100010111 1001010101 110111001010 0110011111 1001010011 1101010101 1111010111 11110010101 0100110 111 10010010101 0101011101 0001010 111 1111110 111 0101010111 0111011100 11110111010 0101010100 0101011101 01001000101 1101010101 1001011101 0100100101 1101000111 100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 326
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; to, their are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word we is repeated.

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  • summary of Denison Olmsted, Ll.D.,;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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