This is an analysis of the poem Miss Margaret C. Brown, that begins with:

Died at Hartford, May 12th, 1860.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXbXcdeXfgh haiahfbedgaeXciXfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,11,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1110111 1101101101 11011101011 11111100101 111 1111111 0111010101 01001010111 0100111101 1101010101 1101010010 1111111111 11110010101 01011001101 10110001001 1011001101 10001011111 1111010101 10011110101 00111111100 10100010101 01011011111 1111010 111 1101010101 1111011101 0101 111101 1101010101 0101110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 291
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of Miss Margaret C. Brown,;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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