This is an analysis of the poem Mrs. Georgiana Ives Comstock, that begins with:

Died at Hartford, April 30th, 1861, aged 22.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abcXdabXeXcad eXbfXfXddbbgbdff hefcehXeghfX gffifi efX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,13,16,12,6,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1110101111 1101010 111 1101010111 1101010001 0101100101 0101010101 11111101010 010101111000 0111011111 0101001110 10011001101 0101010101 1111010100 0111010111 0101110101 01011101110 11001010101 1101010101 0101001111 0101010001 110111 1011 10010000101 10010010001 1111010111 0101100101 0101001100 10010001001 011101 1101 00110100101 1101011111 10110010111 10111001001 1101011101 101110 1111 1101000101 10010011111 1011010111 11111111110 11110011001 1111000101 1011111101 1100010011 0111000101 1101011001 11110100111 010001010101 11001100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 345
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; of, and, her are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Mrs. Georgiana Ives Comstock,;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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