This is an analysis of the poem Richard Ely Collins, that begins with:
Son of Mr. MORRIS COLLINS, died at Wethersfield, September 5th, 1862,
aged 3 months and 27 days.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xa Xbccb Xdbbd dbaab Xadda Xbbbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010101110001011 111111 01011101 111001 11010111 11010101 110111 10011101 110101 01000101 01110111 101101 10110101 110101 11010101 01010001 111101 11010101 0111001 11010111 11111101 110101 11001101 111101 01011101 111101101 0101101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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