This is an analysis of the poem In Memory Of John Greenleaf Whittier that begins with:
December 17, l807 - September 7, 1892
THOU, too, hast left us. While with heads bowed low,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabab cdcd XdXd efef ghgh cici hghg bdbd fbfb bbbb gigi ghgXh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0101101011 1111110111 11001111101 01010101001 11011100101 11001010111 0101011101 0101010101 0101010111 1111010101 1001111101 1111010101 0101111101 1111111101 01010011101 1111110111 1101010101 1101010111 0111011111 1111010101 1011010101 10110111001 11001001111 11010101001 1101010101 1111010101 1001110111 1111011111 1101010111 01101001101 1111111101 11011010101 0101010101 00101011001 010111001010 11001010101 01010101110 1101110101 11001100101 0101010011 11111011111 1111001101 1101001101 0110110101 010100100101 1001010101 1011110101 1101110101 111111 11001
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 50
- 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; thy is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.
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