This is an analysis of the poem On A Proposed Crematory that begins with:
When a fair bridge is builded o'er the gulf
Between two cities, some ambitious fool,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdeXfgeXefXhifaeabXgfhfhfddgXhehhiXfhggcgd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 44,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10110101001 0111010101 11010111001 0101010101 1101001101 10100111110 1001110100 1101010001 1111000100 0101001101 1001011101 1101010111 0101011101 0111010111 1111010111 0101001101 11100010110 01010101001 11010010110 0101010011 11101010101 1101010101 1101111001 11001001110 1101010011 11110101111 0101110001 1101001101 0101010001 1101000101 1101010111 100010010101 0101010001 1001010111 0101010100 11000010011 111111110 1101001111 1001000001 1101010001 11000010101 0100110111 110010011 1101000011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1831
- Average number of words per stanza: 319
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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