This is an analysis of the poem Ode To The Confederate Dead that begins with:

Row after row with strict impunity
The headstones yield their names to the element,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdbeaea bfbfcghbggcgfah ij kkidjiXcXeclkck dG bmbXcbc mn bon oXa iXiffacfdcfbbia dG mkmiclln jbpp fkqqk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,15,2,15,2,7,2,3,3,15,2,8,4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010100 01111100100 011011010 001010101 110100100100 00100010001 110101100 010010100011 1101000100 1001010001 001010111001 000010010111 1110111011 1001011111 0100100010001 001100111001 100010001011 1010111111 011010001101 111001 010101 1100100101 1111110 10101011 11011001 01101 111110101 01110001100 1111000001 110100010101 00101011101 011110101 0101011000 1111010101010 010101101011 1100010101 11010 110100101 0111 10111001010 1101011101 10101001 101101 1110010001 100010010010 1010011011 11111010101 1010010111 10110100111 1010101 10100110 1111001 1101010101 0101000101 10101001 011 10110001010 10110 1101011 1001000100001 10010100001 111111111 110010001 001001010100 111100101 11001010001 0101010111 1011000011 0111011111 0010011011 0100111 010010101 001001001100 1111001 101101 1111001100 0001001011 1111001 100010101 1001010010 1110100101 1101110111 1011000101010 11111110 1000101101 0010011101101 00101001 11 0111010101 010101001101 10001101 1000011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 92
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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, grave are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, turn are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines grave is repeated).

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