This is an analysis of the poem Benjamin Peirce that begins with:

ASTRONOMER, MATHEMATICIAN. 1809-1890
FOR him the Architect of all... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aabb ccdd eefX ffgg hhgg ggii jjii ddkk iill iimm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001001011 11010101 100110101 11010101 01010101 01111111 01111101 11111111 01010111 11010111 01110101 11010101 11011100 11011111 01010001 01110101 11010101 11010101 01010101 11010111 01010101 010100101 01001101 01110111 11010101 01110101 11010101 01100101 11010101 11111111 01011111 01011101 01110101 110100101 01010101 110110111 01011111 11010111 11010001 10111101 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; how, that are repeated.

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

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