This is an analysis of the poem Governor Joseph Trumbull, that begins with:

Died at Hartford, August 4th, 1861; and his wife, Mrs. ELIZA STORRS
TRUMBULL, the night after his funeral.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab cdead efdghiaejkididaaajebc klacmdfgnjdomj diahplddghandjifip icnnnadlkoaijXjdjmdij
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,5,21,14,18,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11101011101100101 1001100100 1111110101 11110110101 01110001101 1111001101 1111111101 0101010011 0101010100 0100011101 01010100101 1100010011 1011000111 1001010101 1100010100 0101010 011 1101110101 110101010101 1100110101 1000010111 0101110101 1011010101 0001110 111 01110010011 1111110101 1101011101 1111010111 01010110001 10010001001 1110010101 0101011101 011010101 1011000100 1101010101 11001011111 1111111101 1101110011 1101001101 0101010111 11110111010 1001011111 1101110101 1111010101 1111001101 0111011001 1011001111 1011011111 1101100101 1011000101 1011011101 10110100111 01001010101 0111010101 0101110001 111010011 1011100100 1101110111 0110000101 1111001111 1011010101 0001011001 0101011101 01010001001 0111010111 01110010101 1110010111 1011010101 0100011100 1101110111 01010101001 0101110111 1110110101 010111100001 1001001100 1111010101 0101010101 0100110111 1111100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 380
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 83
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; and, in, him, of are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase home connects the lines.

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  • summary of Governor Joseph Trumbull,;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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