This is an analysis of the poem In Memory Of George Calderon that begins with:

Wisdom and Valour, Faith,
Justice,--the lofty names... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXcb bdXbbe cfdcbd ebcefc gdhgeh bhfbef bXbbbb eXXeXb efcebc fagfeg aicaXc iediXd fXffef fhXfef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101 100101 010111 1011011 0101001 111011 1100111 0101111 010101 010101 010101 010011 1100001 0010101 10111 0011001 110111 100111 110101 0101101 111101 110011 111111 111101 1110111 10001011 100110 00100101 100101 0011101 1101011 110111 0101111 111101 101001 1110111 10011 1001010 1101010 100001 0011100 1010010 0100111 11100110 1010100 1110100 10101 1010101 1001001 1100101 110101 0010101 0110111 110001 1001001 1011101 011101 111101 10101001 10101111 101111 0010011 10111 0101001 0110110 111101 100111 010101 0111001 100111 101101 110101 1111111 00101010 101111 1111001 100101 110101 111101 0001001 110111 1100101 110101 110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 84
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; it, he are repeated.

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

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