This is an analysis of the poem Harry (Engaged To Be Married) To Charley (Who Is Not) that begins with:

To all my fond rhapsodies, Charley,
You have wearily listened, I fear;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXdad XefefbXb gfhfaehe XiXighgh ddfdXhah giXiciai
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011110010 111001011 111110110 101111011 111110110 111101001 111010010 11001111 110011011 101011101 111010110 111101011 101111010 101001101 101101010 111101001 110111010 11011001 1111110 0100101 10010110 111001011 010111010 101101001 110010010 101101011 1111011110 001101011 0110011010 0101001 011010110 11011011 010110101 11111010 110110010 101011001 110111010 011101111 0010110010 101111101 110111010 101111111 010111111 1011110101 110001010 1111101 110111110 0101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 297
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; my, that, and are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word face at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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