This is an analysis of the poem Martha Washington that begins with:

Written for the "Martha Washington Court Journal".
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  • Rhyme scheme: X abXbcdcdadadaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 10101001001100 1111001101 1101101101 01110101101 1111010101 1111000101 1101011101 001011100100 11001010101 0111011101 01001101001 1100010001 1101001101 11001110011 1001010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 331
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; of, and are repeated.

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

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