This is an analysis of the poem Hon. Phillip Ripley, that begins with:

Died at Hartford, July 8th, 1862, aged 68.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abccb cdddd abaab eeeee Xfbbf daXda XfeefXdeaae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,5,5,5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110011111 00110011 0100101 11101111 01011101 0100001 11010011 110101 11010101 01011111 1011001 01010111 110101 11010101 11011111 110111 110101001 011101 01010101 01011101 111111 11010001 010101 11010101 11010101 010001 10011101 010101 111101100 110111010 110111 10110101 110101 11010111 01010101 100101 11110101 010001 11110101 11010101 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words their, a are repeated.

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  • summary of Hon. Phillip Ripley,;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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