This is an analysis of the poem I Have A Rendezvous With Death that begins with:

I have a rendezvous with Death
At some disputed barricade,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbbcAc bbadAdcc efeacafcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11010101 101110101 11010101 11010101 101111111 01011111 11100011 11111111 01011111 11010101 11110101 101110101 101111001 11110001 100011101 11110101 11011101 11100011 11010101 11101101 101110101 11011111 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 287
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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