This is an analysis of the poem Miss Catherine Ball, that begins with:

Daughter of Hon. Judge BALL of Hoosick Falls, N.Y., died at the City
of Washington, 1862.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX abccb deffe edggd gaeea Xhbbbh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,5,5,5,5,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001000110101111010 01001 11100101 11001001 010100101 11010101 110111 11100101 111101 10010101 11010101 110111 11110101 011111 11110101 11000101 110101 11111101 110101 11010011 11011101 111111 101110101 101101 00010101 1010111001 11010101 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • 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; of is repeated.

    The author used the same word they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Miss Catherine Ball,;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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