This is an analysis of the poem Bring, In This Timeless Grave To Throw that begins with:

Bring, in this timeless grave to throw,
No cypress, sombre on the snow; ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaXXbbcc XXaaXXddeeee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010101 1101101 1100101 01110101 11110101 110000101 11010101 11100101 01010111 111101001 10010111 10110100 1100111001 01010101 101111010 1010101 11011111 110011001 01110111 11010110 11010111 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 384
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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.

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