This is an analysis of the poem To Mary that begins with:
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How, my dear Mary, -- are you critic-bitten... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbcbcdd XaeaXaXff Xdadadagg Xefefefff aheheXeXX aijijijaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1 11110111010 1101111111 11011101110 0111110111 11111110110 1011111111 101111011 1010010101 1 111101011 01001001010 0101010101 10110101100 1111010101 11110101110 0101100101 0111110101 1 011101101 1111010101 11011010111 1011010101 01001100101 10101011101 1101111101 1101010101 1 1001111110 01001010101 10001000101 0111111101 1111110101 010010111001 101101101001 010101001001 1 11010111010 1111010101 11111111010 1111101111 0101010101 1111110001 1101010101 11110110100 1 01110101010 11110000010 00010010010 01110101011 01010101010 01011111111 1110110110 0110010100
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 358
- Average number of words per stanza: 66
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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