This is an analysis of the poem Poem For The Dedication Of The Fountain At Stratford-On-Avon that begins with:
PRESENTED BY GEORGE W. CHILDS, OF PHILADELPHIA
WELCOME, thrice welcome is thy silvery gleam,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aabbbccaa bbbbbddbb ccccceecc bbfffccbdb ggbbbhhgg iiiiiaaii bbfffccbb jjccXkkjj llcXckkll
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,9,9,9,10,9,9,9,9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 010111001010100 10110011001 110101 1001001101 11011001001 11010101001 0111010101 110111 1001001101 11010010101 110101111 101101 10101010101 1001010101 1101100101 1101010101 101101 1011010101 1110010111 11010010101 011101 1111011101 11011100001 1011100101 1011110101 1101001 1101010101 1101010101 1101010111 011101 10010110111 10110101001 1011010101 1011110101 101101 1001010101 110111001 01 1111110011 110101 11110011101 10010111101 1101110111 1001010101 101101 1101010101 01010100111 1101010101 1001001 11110100111 1111110101 11001010101 1101011101 1100111 1101010111 0111010101 11010101001 11111 0101111101 1101010101 100010111001 01110011001 110101 10011111001 01011100101 10011010111 010101 0111110101 10010010101 0011010110 1111010101 010101 10001100101 1101010101 1011010111 110101 10110010001 1001011110 0101010001 01011101001 010111 1111010101 1111011101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 351
- Average number of words per stanza: 59
- Amount of lines: 83
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; welcome, to, his, and, of, in, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words as, nor, here, and, whose, what are repeated.
The author used the same word here at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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