This is an analysis of the poem Hon. James B. Clay that begins with:

Another pang for Southern hearts,
That of late so oft have bled,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbbded fghgXiji bjdjbhXh ebdbiefe abebdkik XcdcXeke
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011101 1011111 010101001 01101001 010111101 0111001 010010101 1100101 011010100 01001010 111110101 001110010 110010111 110101 001010111 010101 111100101 010101 10011101 011001 011111101 010101 111110101 10100101 11010111 1010101 110100101 110111 010100101 110101 001110101 1110001 111100101 110101 11011111 010101 111110000 010101 010011101 110111 11010111 1110111 11011111 011101 11010110 1111101 01010101 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; with is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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