This is an analysis of the poem Miss Caroline L. Griffin, that begins with:
Died at New York, November 17th, 1861.
WRITTEN ON HER BIRTH-DAY.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X a bcbccdad Xbbbdebe cfgfdgbg dhbhbaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 111101011 101011 01010101 101101 101101011 011101 11010101 111111 10010101 100101 01010011 110101 010101010 111101 110101001 110101 11010101 110001 11110111 010101 10010101 1000111 11101101 111101 11110111 0100001 11110101 111101 01011011 1101111 11110101 110101 110011101 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; thy, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thy, and 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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