This is an analysis of the poem The Jubilee Of A Magazine:(To The Editor) that begins with:

Yes; your up-dated modern page -
All flower-fresh, as it appears -... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aba bbb bcb ccc cdc ded efe fgf gXg hbhb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11110101 11011001 11011100 11010100 101111010 01010101 111101010 01010101 11010011 11010101 01010111 111111001 01111101 01110111 101110111 0111101 01010101 11111101 010101001 01110101 11011101 011100101 01010111 01110101 11010001 111101100 11000111 11010001 11010101 01010111 11101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Jubilee Of A Magazine:(To The Editor);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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