This is an analysis of the poem To A New England Poet that begins with:

Though skilled in Latin and in Greek,
And earning fifty cents a week,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddeeffgg ddhhiiee ccjee ffjjhhccddkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,8,5,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11010101 11010111 11110101 01010101 11010101 11010101 11110101 11010111 11010111 11010101 01000101 10010111 11010111 11110111 01011111 100100101 010101001 11010101 01010001 01110011 11011101 11110101 01011101 11000111 01011101 01010111 11111101 01011111 100010111 01000111 000101001 111111001 01010101 11010111 01011101 11011101 01110101 110010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 289
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of are repeated.

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