This is an analysis of the poem Mary Shipman Deming, that begins with:
Died at Hartford, Nov. 11th, 1839, aged 4 years and 6 months.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aaaa bcXc acdc bdXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111001011110111 01010011 010011 11010111 110111 01010111 110101 111101010 1101001 01010011 010111 11000101 110111 11011111 110101 110101010 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 18
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, we are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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