This is an analysis of the poem To Jane: The Recollection that begins with:

I.
Now the last day of many days,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdbedec Xfgfghahaibie Xdfdfjijihaha XkdXdececffffdldlmkmk aacacfafackckididmimijcjcffXfafafdidi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,13,13,21,37,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 10110101 11001111 010010101 11001101 10110111 01010101 11011101 01010101 1 11000110 110101 01011001 010001 010010101 010101 11010001 010101 011001001 100101 11000101 010101 1 11010111 010001 10110111 110101 111100101 1101001 01001101 110101 11011101 111101 11100101 010110 1 11010101 110111 110010110 110101 001000100 010111 00110111 011111 11000101 001101 001100111 010101 010100001 010101 01010101 110101 11110100 010101 11111101 010101 1 11010111 100101 11110101 1000101 01000101 100111 11010101 110101 01010101 100101 10110111 110101 110111001 110111 011100101 100101 11101101 110101 010010101 011101 111100001 011001 11010101 010101 110100111 001101 010011100 011101 011100111 110101 10011101 111101 11110111 010101 11010101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 541
  • Average number of words per stanza: 102
  • Amount of lines: 93
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, a are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase there connects the lines.

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