This is an analysis of the poem Lincoln that begins with:
Would I might rouse the Lincoln in you all,
That which is gendered in the wilderness ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaabbcXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111010011 11010000100 0101011100 01001100101 1101010011 1101110101 01110111010 101101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 341
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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