This is an analysis of the poem Song To Brantford that begins with:

Thou lovely town in which I dwell,
My own adopted place,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eeeX eded adad dcdc efef gege fefe hehe ieie ijij
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 110101 01111101 010111 11111100 1101111 11010101 111101 11011101 110101 11110111 0101100 11110111 111101 11010111 010011 11111111 011101 11101101 111101 01011101 010101 11010011 110101 11111001 101101 01111101 111111 11111101 111101 01111111 110101 11110001 111011 11011101 010110 11110101 111101 11110011 111101 11111101 110001 01011101 111101 01110101 111101 10100101 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; i is repeated.

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  • summary of Song To Brantford;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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