This is an analysis of the poem Birthday Thoughts And Aspirations that begins with:
What solemn thoughts crowd o'er my mind
As this eventful day moves on.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaab cdccd eceec fgffg hihhi ajaaj aXaaX kbkXb gagga hfhhf eXeeXXafaaf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110111011 10010111 11110001 01110101 01011111 111101100 11111101 11011111 11010101 11110001 11111111 01010111 01010001 11010101 010010111 11110001 11011111 11010111 11010101 011100111 11110111 01110101 01010101 01110101 101100101 01110111 11110101 10010111 111100111 01010111 11111111 110101100 11100101 11001001 01110001 11010000 11110111 11011101 11001110 01110101 11111101 01110111 100011101 11011101 11011111 11010101 11111101 01001101 11110101 11010110 11111111 01111110 11110101 00010101 11110100 11111101 01010011 11110101 01110101 111100101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; to, but, i, more, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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