This is an analysis of the poem To Ellen And Willie that begins with:

Ellen, my prattler dear,
Willie, my darling boy,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBab cccc bdbd bebe fXfX XcXc ghgh ieie aBab gjgj bkbk clcl
  • 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: 101101 101101 110111 111101 011101 111101 011101 111001 101101 0101110 110101 1111010 101111 1110010 111111 1101110 111111 1101100 101101 0101010 110111 10010010 110111 11000010 110101 1101010 010101 10101010 010101 1111010 010101 0101010 110101 101101 110101 110101 111111 010101 101111 110101 100101 110111 011101 010101 111111 0101101 1100101 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, as are repeated.

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