This is an analysis of the poem Harriet Allen Ely, that begins with:

Died at Providence, Rhode Island, April 27th, 1862, aged 7 years and 2
months.... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xa babbX bcddc deffe ghggh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100110101111011 1 101011010 1111011 100101010 11111110 1010101 101011010 1100101 10111010 11111110 1010001 10101010 011001010 11111010 11111010 10100010 11101011 11100111 10011011 100011011 10101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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