This is an analysis of the poem A Man (In Memory Of H. Of M.) that begins with:
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In Casterbridge there stood a noble pile, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bXcXb X XbbXb X dccXd X effbe a ghhgg a gbbfg X cccXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 0100110101 1001011100 0101110101 110111 0101111101 1 1101011100 0101000111 1001010101 110111 1111110011 1 01010100101 1101000101 11100111101 110111 1011110111 1 10001110101 1111110001 0101111001 110101 1101111011 1 0101110111 1101010101 0101110101 111101 0111011101 1 01011110111 10111010100 110100110101 110111 0101010101 1 0101111111 1101010101 1111011101 111101 1001111011000
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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