This is an analysis of the poem Miss Anna M. Seymour, that begins with:

Died at Hartford, August 24th, 1860.
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  • Rhyme scheme: X abccb deffe Xdffd daaaa Xghhg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101011 01010101 011101 011101010 1101001010 010101 01111101 010101 010011101 010111101 110101 11011001 011101 11011111 11010101 011101 11011101 0101001 11011001 01010101 110101 11101111 110101 01101101 11011101 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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