This is an analysis of the poem Birthday Of Daniel Webster that begins with:

JANUARY 18, 1856
WHEN life hath run its largest round... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abab Xcdc dcdc cece dfdf ghgh ghgh iaia afaa hfhf jfjf kbkX acac gfga bebe Xjgj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 101011 11110101 01110111 11010101 01010101 011101011 01010101 010100111 11010101 11010101 11011111 11110001 01010111 11010101 01010101 11010111 01010101 11010101 11010111 11110111 01010101 01010101 01000111 01010101 01010101 11010101 11110001 101101000 01010101 110101010 10010111 010111010 11010101 11110111 111001011 11110101 11110001 10011101 01011101 11011101 01010101 01110101 10011101 11010101 11000101 01010101 01010101 01010101 01010110 01110111 11110101 110101011 11010101 01010111 11110101 11110101 01010101 11110101 11010101 01010101 11010101 010100110 01010111 11010111 10110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 65
  • 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; his is repeated.

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

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