This is an analysis of the poem A Memorial Tribute that begins with:

READ AT THE MEETING HELD AT MUSIC HALL,
FEBRUARY 8, 1876, IN MEMORY OF DR. SAMUEL G. HOWE... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab c dede fdfd cgcg hhhX bibi chch hehX X ihih jcjc keke lili dede adad eXeh cmcm nono hihi X eoeo bpbp mqmqXlblb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1101011101 10101101000101011 1 10010101 110101 10110111 110101 11010101 1100101 01011101 110101 11011101 1101010 11010111 01011010 111001011 110101 111101101 011101 11110101 110101 11011101 010101 01010101 110101 01011101 011111 11001111 011011 0100101101 010110 1 11011101 010111 11010101 010101 01010111 010101 11011111 100111 11010101 110101 11010101 010101 11110101 010101 01010101 0100111 11011001 110101 110011001 110101 11110101 1100111 11010001 1001111 111101001 110101 11111101 010111 110100111 110111 110100101 010101 1001101001 010111 11010111 011111 11011101 1101001 01000101 001101 1 01110101 100111 11110101 110101 11110101 110110 111101101 010011 11011101 110101 110010111 110101 01010101 111101 01011101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 25
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 92
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, the, he, his are repeated.

    The author used the same words no, he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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