This is an analysis of the poem You Remember Ellen that begins with:

You remember Ellen, our hamlet's pride,
How meekly she bless'd her humble lot, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcaXa dcdceXeb fXfXcaca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1010101101 110110101 10101011001 1110101101 010111111 110110101 11111011010 110110101 110110101 111010111 111101101 1101100101 101010110101 01110100100 1110100101 1010111101 10101000101 101001111110 1011110101 1100100101 110010101 110010111 1010101101 1110000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 366
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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.

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