This is an analysis of the poem Hamatreya that begins with:

Bulkeley, Hunt, Willard, Hosmer, Meriam, Flint,
Possessed the land which rendered to their toil ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdeebeeX eXeeafcghXaXhXeie j eeckegXg cibecbX ccXcXdedX ekggekXXjfcf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,17,1,8,7,9,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100110101001 0101110011 1111110111 1011110101 10101110111 1101110111 1101111111 1101110101 1111111101 11011101001 1111010111 1101111101 11010010101 1110011011 1101110111 1001 1101010101 1111110101 1111010111 1111110101 1101110111 0101110001 1011110111 01010101111 1011011111 1001010101 11011 11 111 111101 101 110011 1101 11111 11111 111101 1101 11 01 001011 1101 011 1000 1001 1001 00110 111 100100 11011 010101 1010 11100 1111 11011 11001 101101 1111 011011 1111 111011 111101 11001 11001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 253
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; my, earth, to, i are repeated.

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

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