This is an analysis of the poem Mourning that begins with:
You, that decipher out the Fate
Of humane Off-springs from the Skies,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd Xebe afaf gXgX hghg bdXd bfbf ijij
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010101 001101001 11110101 010010101 01011101 01010111 11010001 01010111 11000101 11100101 10101101 11011101 11010101 01110101 10010101 01010101 11111001 01010101 11010101 0111101 11010101 11110101 11010111 11000101 111101101 00110101 110111000 10010001 111101001 11111101 11011101 11010101 11110101 01011101 11111101 00000111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, her are repeated.
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