This is an analysis of the poem For Whittier’s Seventieth Birthday that begins with:
DECEMBER 17, 1877
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aabb cccc ddee aabb ddff ggbb Xhdd hhaa iijj aabb aakk llmm ddnnXaahh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01011 101101001011 1100001101011 101001011001 1101001001101 011100001011 001111101001 001001111101 011001001101 001011101001 101101011011 01011001111 101001101001 111001101011 101111011011 001011001101 111101111101 111111011001 101001101001 111101111011 111011111001 101001001011 11011101001 101011011101 101001101011 111111111001 101111111001 1011101001 101001101001 11101101011 11010001011 111111011001 111111011001 11111011011 101001011011 11011011001 001001001101 111111110001 111111111001 01011011001 11011001001 101101011111 11101111101 11101111001 101001101001 11011011011 11111111001 11001111011 101011011001 11001001011 01101011011 11000001001 111001011111 11101101101 101101101010 111001011001 111101101011
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 57
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, in, so, whose, you, him are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, do, whose, one are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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