This is an analysis of the poem For The Commemoration Services that begins with:

CAMBRIDGE, JULY 21, 1865
FOUR summers coined their golden light in leaves,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abab cdcd efef XgcX hihi bjbj didi kbkb ae ae ldld acaX ecec cfcf cbcb gigi dldl aXaa cfcf meme cfcX nlnl
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,2,2,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 100111 1101110101 1101010001 1101010101 01110110111 1101111111 0011010101 1111011101 11010100111 1001001101 0101010101 0110010101 1011000111 1111011110 1101101101 100010101101 11111111110 1111011111 1111110101 11110101001 0001010101 1111011111 1100101101 0101011111 0011110101 1111111101 01010111101 1001011111 1001000101 1110010101 1101010101 1101011101 1111110101 1101011101 1001010001 100101010101 101010010001 11010101001 0101010101 11001010101 0101010101 1101010101 1111010111 1111011101 1011011000 1111011101 1101010111 1101111111 1110000101 1101011101 11111100111 10010110101 1101111101 0101011101 01000010101 11010111011 1011010101 1101010101 01010101001 1001010101 1011111001 1001000101 0011010001 1011010111 10111101011 1111010101 0101010111 1011001001 1101000111 1111110101 1101010101 11001011111 11010011001 1011000101 1101001101 11001010101 11110101001 1111010101 1111010101 10110101001 1101010100 1011100101 1001010111 1101110101 1011010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 23
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 85
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; four, and, thy are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word tell at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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