This is an analysis of the poem Two Poems To Harriet Beecher Stowe that begins with:
ON HER SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY, JUNE 14, 1882
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X a bbccdXdb aaddeeea ffggbbbf X hhiaaai ggXffXX jjdfffh fXgXffg aahXbbh ggifffi iihhhhh kkglllg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,8,8,8,1,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10100011111 11010 1011110111 101101 11111100111 1111010101 1001010101 1011110110 1001011111 101111 101001011011 010101 10110101001 1101110101 0101010101 1101011101 101101001011 1100110 1101011101 011101 11010010101 11010010111 1111010111 0101010111 1101010101 1111001 10110 010011101 111111001 0100010 01010111 010010111 010011111 0100110 10110111 11010001 0111010 11011101 01010101 100100110 1111010 10111101 10110100 1101010 11011111 11010101 11011101 0101010 11010101 11110111 1101011 11110111 11011101 01111101 1101011 01010101 01010101 1101010 110101010 01010101 01110001 1101010 11010111 11011111 111101 11111111 111100001 01010101 110101 10010111 11010101 1101010 111101001 11110101 11010101 1111010 110111001 11010101 0111010 11110101 10110101 01011101 01011010
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 85
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; and, its are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, her, and are repeated.
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