This is an analysis of the poem Last Ride Together, The that begins with:

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I said---Then, dearest, since 'tis so,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbXcadXeeea X ccbbfgghhhf X hhcdfbbiiif X jjhhaddjjja a ccbbhdXfffh a hhggkllcXck X jjffhggeeeh X kkggXaahhXg X fXhhXjjfffh d mmXhhbbaXah
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1 11110111 11111111 11011110 11111111 101101110 11110101 11011100 11011111 100100001 100101011 111111101 1 11011100 11111101 110101001 11010111 011100101 01010101 11111111 11110111 10010111 111111101 111011101 1 10111101 1100100101 11010001 11110111 111101101 1011101 11110111 11111111 111111011 1101110111 111010111 1 11010111 10110111 1001100001 11010101 110100101 11111110 11111111 11111111 11110111 1110100101 111110111 1 11010111 11111101 11011101 11010101 101111101 11111111 11011100 11010110 01010011 0010100101 111111111 1 11111101 11010111 11110110 10110101 111110101 110011111 11010101 01110101 010101100 110110101 110010111 1 11011101 111001011 11110101 11110001 110011111 11011111 11101111 11111111 10111101 111101101 110011111 1 11110111 01000101 11110111 01011101 110111110 11010111 01110101 00111001 10010101 1010111101 111111101 1 11111111 01111100 11011101 11111101 101010110 01110101 01010111 11101111 111100001 1101011011 1101110101 1 11111111 101001111 111011100 101100101 111101101 10111111 01110111 11011001 01010100 110111111 110101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 120
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; i, since, and, she, what, we, ride are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, since, and, thus, what, this are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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