This is an analysis of the poem To The Miami that begins with:
Kiss me, Miami, thou most constant one!
I love thee more for that thou changest not....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaaaXX bbcXbcc deaaedd dfggfff XhaahiiXbeiiehh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,15,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1101011101 1111111101 11010101 1101000101 11010111 1011011101 0101100010 1101001101 11111011111 11111111 111101110 11010101 10010011001 11111111 1101010101 1001010001 011101101 11011101 01110101 0111110111 111101011 0111010111 10011001001 11110101 10110101 01010111 1111011111 010011101 1111110111 0111110111 01111101 11010011 11110011 110100101001 11111111 1101111110 1111111101 01110111 01011111 01010101 01010101001 11010111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 270
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; as, thy, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, were are repeated.
The author used the same words kiss, but at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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