This is an analysis of the poem Pan In Vermont that begins with:

About the 15th of this month you may expectour Mr. -- , with the usual Spring Seed, etc., Catalogues.– Florist’s Announcement.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aaXb ccbb ddcc Xbee bbXX ccffXccee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0101001111001000100011110010110010 01000101010101 01010101010111 11011001110101 10100101110101 0101101110101 11111111111001 010101001110101 11000111110101 11010101010101 10011101101101 11111101010101 10101001111111 110111011101100 11010001011101 1100111011100101 01011011011101 11010111010101 11110110010101 11010101110101 11111101011000 01100101111101 11001111011111 1000101010111101 10010101111111 11010101010101 110100100010101 11011101010101 111101110110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.

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

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