This is an analysis of the poem For The Services In Memory Of Abraham Lincoln that begins with:
CITY OF BOSTON, JUNE 1, 1865
CHORAL: 'LUTHER'S JUDGMENT HYMN.'... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X X ababccb dbdbeeb fcfcddc fbfbggb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010111 1010101 11011111 0100110 10110101 1111010 11110101 11110111 1101010 11110001 0111110 010010101 0100010 1100100101 11001100 1111010 110100101 0101010 11110101 1101010 11011101 11110101 1100110 01110101 0111010 01110101 1101110 11110111 010011101 1111010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.
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