This is an analysis of the poem Mr. Davis F. Robinson, that begins with:

Died at Hartford, January 26th, 1862, aged 61.
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  • Rhyme scheme: X Xababcadeee cefcdeafXaXggXXcXdgeeXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,11,23,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010101111 10110101 11 0111110111 1101011111 1001011101 1101001101 0101010011 1011111101 101111 1111 01011100100 1011011111 0101100101 1011111100 1101010101 010111001001 10010100101 1101100101 1011010001 1100010100 11001110001 010010 00101 1011010111 1101100101 1100001101 11010010001 010001 1101 11010111001 1111110101 01100101001 1111100101 1110110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 341
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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