This is an analysis of the poem In Memoriam A. H. H.: 2. Old Yew, Which Graspest At The Sto that begins with:
Old Yew, which graspest at the stones
That name the under-lying dead,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbacddceffe gXbg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 11010101 11010101 11110101 010101001 11010001 10010101 11010101 11110101 11010101 11010101 01110001 11011101 11110100 11010111 110101001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 317
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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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