This is an analysis of the poem Mr. Samuel Tudor, that begins with:

Died at Hartford, January 29th, 1862, aged 92.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abcbcded fgcgghih jXjifbab dcfcjcdc kiciehkh iXjfjkkkXkckcdcgc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010101111 11110101 010101 11110001 110101 11010101 1000101 010111001 110101 11010101 0100101 11011111 110101 010110111 0100101 01010001 111101 110010101 1100101 110010111 0101001 11000101 011101 11010101 010101 11010101 110111 11000101 010101 110010111 010101 1100101001 010101 11111100 110101 01010101 110111 110101111 011101 01010101 111111 10110101 111101 110001001 1101001 10110101 1100111 010101001 101101 11111101 0100111 11011101 010101 10010101 010001 11111001 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, nor are repeated.

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  • summary of Mr. Samuel Tudor,;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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