This is an analysis of the poem In Memory Of Alfred Pollexfen that begins with:

FIVE-AND-TWENTY years have gone
Since old William pollexfen... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbccddeeaaffggaaffhhaaadhiijjaakkccee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 39,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110011 1110100 1011101 1010100 0011111 11010011 0111110 01100100 110101001 01000101 01010101 111010101 10011101 10010101 01110101 01010101 11010101 1110111 1011101 1010011101 11010101 1011101 11110101 11010101 010010001 110100100 1010011 111100101 01110011 01011101 110100111 1110001 01010101 11001100 01110100 11111101 01010111 01010111 101111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1217
  • Average number of words per stanza: 224
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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