This is an analysis of the poem To Frederick Henry Hedge that begins with:

AT A DINNER GIVEN HIM ON HIS EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY,
DECEMBER 12, 1885... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX Xa bbbb Xcad XdXd eaea fgfg hbhX XbXbXcada
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101011010011 01011 001101010100100 0101011 11010101 11110101 01010101 010110001 10110111 110101010 11010101 11010001 10111101 11010101 110100101 101101011 11010101 01011101 110010101 01000101 11110101 11000101 11010101 11010101 11110101 11110001 01010101 011100100 011000110 11001101 01110110 11010101 1100010010 01110101 11110101 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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