This is an analysis of the poem The Gray Chief that begins with:
FOR THE MEETING OF THE MASSACHUSETTS
MEDICAL SOCIETY, 1859... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XX XaXa bcbc dcdc eaeaXcaca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010001010 10001001 1010111010 110101 01111111 010101 01011101 010111 101101001 110111 11010101 111111 01010001 111011 111001111 101111 01010101 110001 11010111 010101 11010101 010110
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, for are repeated.
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