This is an analysis of the poem James Russell Lowell that begins with:
1819-1891
THOU shouldst have sung the swan-song for the choir... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abab cdcd efef egeg cgcg hchc cccc efef fdfd ieieXgdgd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11 11110111010 1111010101 101110010010 11010111001 1111110101 1101011101 11010101001 1001110101 1101100101 11011101010 1111111101 1100111010010 1011111101 1111010101 1011000101 0111110011 1111010101 110100100101 1111010111 0101010101 100100101101 0111011101 1111011101 0101000111 0101111111 1101010111 0101010101 10010100101 1101010101 11010010101 1101010101 1001110111 1011111001 1101110001 11010101010 11010101001 1111010101 10011100101 1101110101 10011100011 1011000101 101100100111 1111110111 11010011101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 45
- 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; his, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word where is repeated.
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