This is an analysis of the poem In Memoriam A. H. H.: 105. To-Night Ungather'D Let Us Leave that begins with:

To-night ungather'd let us leave
This laurel, let this holly stand:... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacddceffe gbbg hffh gccgXbbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011000111 01010101 11010101 11011101 11010101 11010101 10110101 010011111 11110101 010100111 11011101 11010101 11110111 11111101 01010111 11010001 11111101 11010101 11111101 11010111 01011111 11011101 11110101 11000101 01011101 11010001 11110111 01010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, nor, be are repeated.

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