This is an analysis of the poem Stanzas In Memory Of Annie that begins with:

Thou'rt gone, thou lovely gem, I trust
To grace the crown of Zion's King;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcX cece eded dfdf egeg hbhb ihih ajaj klkl cmcm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 11110111 0101011 11110001 01010100 11110101 01111111 11111001 01011101 11011101 11011101 11110101 01000101 11111111 110100101 11111101 011101011 11011111 101101010 11110101 101111010 11111101 11010101 01111101 11010001 11101111 010101001 01011001 01110101 11110101 111100101 11110111 11011001 11011101 010111110 11010001 011101110 11011111 110101110 11011111 011001010 01110011 01111111 11011111 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; thy is repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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