This is an analysis of the poem To The Christians Of Brantford that begins with:

Christians of Brantford, list awhile,
An humble Rhymer speaks to you.... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaab cdcdc dXdde ebeeb fgffg hihhi jhjXh dhddh kfkkf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10010101 11010101 01011101 11110101 101100101 11010111 01111111 01010101 01110101 11010101 11010011 11111101 010101001 11101101 11010101 11010101 01110111 11010101 11010101 11110101 01111101 01000101 10010101 11010111 110011001 11111111 01011101 11011110 10110101 11110101 111101010 11111101 110010010 110111010 01110101 11011101 01110101 10010111 11111001 01010101 01111001 11111101 01010111 11111101 01111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.

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

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