This is an analysis of the poem Miss Elizabeth Brinley, that begins with:

Died at Hartford, September 28th, 1862.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abbbb acddc Xbeeb Xfaaf afggf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001011 11010101 111111 01010001 10010111 110101 110101001 010101 1101101 01010101 110011 11010101 010111 11111101 01011101 111101 010000101 010101 01010101 01000101 0100111 01010001 100111 01011101 01000101 100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • 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; in, her are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words we, her at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Miss Elizabeth Brinley,;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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