This is an analysis of the poem The Suicide’s Grave that begins with:
This is the scene of a man's despair, and a soul's release
From the difficult traits of the flesh; so, it seeking peace,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccbbccaadd cceeffeegghhiihhjjaabbgg ccaabbcciikkggjjjcii bbeelleeaaeeiiaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,24,20,16,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 00010010110101 00100100110101 01110011101 111010101101 101111101101 0100111111001 110100110101 10100110100101 011011110101 1110100111101 1111111110111 111011111011 111110110110 101111110111 10110100101101 101110101111 010100110111 0100111101101 1011010010101 1010100011011 111101110111 111110110101 0111000101101 1010110111101 111110100111 111011101111 110111100111 111010010101 101111100101 100100110111 000111110101 111110010111 11001011100001 10111111100001 10010110100101 1101100110101 101111110101 011101101101 001101110111 101101110101 110101001111 01001101011101 1101111011000 1010010111101 1101101101111 10100101111101 11011001001001 111101011001011 01111111011111 11101001011011 111010111011 1011110011101 111100100101 110101100101 110010101001 101111100101 110011111101 0010101100111 11111100111 11111110111 111111111101 111101010111 1101111111 1100101000101 01011100101 110111001011 101101111101 11110101101 1111110111100 01010101010101 1111010110111 111110111101 101001001001101 01101101111011 11001011011101 10101011110001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1068
- Average number of words per stanza: 207
- Amount of lines: 76
- Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, you, to, they, it, that, think, in, no, or are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, you, no are repeated.
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