This is an analysis of the poem I Stood With The Dead that begins with:

I Stood with the Dead, so forsaken and still:
When dawn was grey I stood with the Dead. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaX cXcX bXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11001101011 111111001 11111111111 10101001 101001011001 1110110111 11111101111 1111111101 11001101101 11111101001 1100111101 1111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; dead is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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