This is an analysis of the poem Mrs. Mary Mildenstein Robertson, that begins with:

Wife of Rev. WILLIAM H. C. ROBERTSON, died at Magnolia, East Florida,
January 13th, aged 34.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX ababcc cbcXdd efefdd gbgbhh ididjj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011011100110101100 1010111 1111010101 11011011101 10111100101 1111011101 11010100101 0111011011001 0101000101 01001010111 1011011101 1111001100 10110101001 11010101011001 01001000101 1101001101 1111010101 110010100101 1001010101 110001110101 1101011011 0111000101 0100110001 0101010111 0110111101 1101001010101 1101110111 1101010101 100010110101 0101110101 1101011001 010101001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and is repeated.

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

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  • history of its creation;
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