This is an analysis of the poem Mrs. Alice Beckwith, that begins with:
Died at Hartford, September 23d, 1859.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X Xabba Xcddc XbbXb ebccb efggf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111001011 010011 010101 110000101 11010101 1101 110101 0101010 01010101 01010101 100110 010111 110101 11100101 110100100 1001 010101 110101 11000101 10111101 1001 101101 0111001 11011101 11110101 1011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, her are repeated.
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