This is an analysis of the poem The Death Of Grandfather that begins with:

We waited commonly for sleep or even death.
The instances were wearisome as ages. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efec fgfg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110100111101 01000100110 1100010101 110100101010 1111111111 0101110101 1101110101 1110011011 110011110111 110111111011 1100010101 1001010101 10101101101 1001010101010 0111011101 1101010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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