This is an analysis of the poem To An Unknown Poet * that begins with:
DEAR friend, who, two long centuries ago,
Didst tread where since my grandsires trod,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd cece ffff bcbc ghgh fifi jbjX kckc eXef ldld gkgk Xcmc XXXX XXXX XXXX mhmh hkhk hchc hkhX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1111110001 111111001 01110010101 101101 1111011101 10010111 0101001101 0101001 1001110001 11100111 1111011101 110111 0101011101 01010111 1111010001 0101001 1111010101 010110101 10101011101 010111 0111001101 11111101 0101011101 1100111 1111111111 01111111 1111001111 011101 1111010111 11001111 1011010111 1111000 0101010101 11011101 1101111111 110101 1101010111 00010110 1111010101 111101 1101001101 11110101 1101010101 111111 1101010101 00110111 10101101101 110111 11110001011 00110111 1111001101 1100101 11111111111 111001011 11111111101 1100110 111110011011 110011111 111110111010 1100101 111000101111 1010101011 110111000101 1001100 1101111111 11111101 11010010111 010001 1111110111 10111101 1111111111 010001 1111000100 10010111 1101011101 011101 1100010111 1111100111 1111110101 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 21
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 81
- 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; and, ', i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word ' is repeated.
The author used the same words i, so, ', thou at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase ' connects the lines.
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