This is an analysis of the poem Mrs. Harvey Seymour, that begins with:

Died at Hartford, Sunday, May 5th, 1861.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abcdeXfgbhidiificicfaXgigbXiXjijkXfXcXihic XeXcbiecekXeXfijffi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,42,19,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111011111 1101010101 0101000101 0101 010101 1100010101 1011010001 011101011 0101010101 1101011101 11010 00101 10010101101 0101100101 1111001101 1100011101 1101010001 11001 111101 0101010101 1101010101 1100011101 1010110 011 1001010101 1111000101 0101000101 0100011100 0101010 101 0001011111 0111010111 0101010001 1101010101 1001010100 1011010101 101000 1101 1101010111 11010101001 0111010100 0100110001 0111100111 11101011110 1011110011 0101011101 11010011011 10010100111 0100101101 11110 10101 0111011101 10111100101 1101010101 11010011101 0100110 101 1101010101 1110010101 1011010101 1110011101 10010111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 773
  • Average number of words per stanza: 137
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.

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  • summary of Mrs. Harvey Seymour,;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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