This is an analysis of the poem At Her Grave that begins with:

Lo, here among the rest you sleep,
As though no difference were... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaaX cdccd efeef bgbXg chcch ijiij klkkl gmggm hjhhj iliXl
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010111 1111000 10111111 11110101 11110 11110101 1111001 110100101 11010101 110101 11010111 010101 11010111 01000101 0010011 11011100 011111 11101100 01011110 111101 010001001 010101 11010101 11010001 110001 11010101 010101 11000111 01010101 010111 11110111 0100011 10111101 101110101 110101 01010101 010101 010000101 1011101001 110111 11111111 110001 010110101 01010111 110100 110100101 010001 11110111 01001101 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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