This is an analysis of the poem Life From 1835 To 1851 that begins with:

And, now, a vacancy occurs,
For very nearly sixteen years,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcXXddeefghhiiddjjXXddkkeeddhXbbddaaggllccllbbffmmcceeggffccddllkkffggXXjjddnnffeebXooddeeXeggffggaadd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 104,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010001 11010010 011101010 01011101 110100110 111101111 11010101 11011111 1100111100 1101010100 11010101 11110101 11010111 11110111 1001101010 101101010 11110011 01111111 110101010 011101010 10011101 111111010 11110111 11110110 10110101 11110101 111111001 11010001 110111001 01010111 111101010 100111000 000101010 111101010 11001111 11111111 11110111 10111111 11011111 11101101 01010111 11010101 01110101 01100101 11011111 11010101 1111011110 111110010 101101110 111111010 01010101 1111100001 01010101 01001101 110100101 11011111 11110101 11110111 11010111 11111111 11010111 11010001 11111101 11001101 11010101 11100111 11110111 11110111 11110101 11010101 11011111 11110101 11110100100 1001001000 11010101 01011001 10111101 011101011 10111111 11011101 110101110 111111010 1101010100 0111011100 111111110 101100110 11110111 10111101 11100101 11110111 10011111 11111011 11011110 11111101 101110010 111100010 110111010 111111010 11110111 11111101 11110010 11110111 11110111 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3677
  • Average number of words per stanza: 705
  • Amount of lines: 104
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, my, and, her, our, to, me are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, my, and, it are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines her is repeated).

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