This is an analysis of the poem To A Dead Poet that begins with:
I knew not if to laugh or weep;
They sat and talked of you--... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba bcdX Xede dcXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11100111 111101 101111011 111101 100010111 010111 1101110101 1111110 11111011 111101 11111101 111101 11111001 111011 11110111 011111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; 'twas, he, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words 'twas, i are repeated.
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