This is an analysis of the poem On The Death Of Mrs. Martineau, Senr. that begins with:

Ye who around this venerated bier
In pious anguish pour the tender tear,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddddee ffggddXcddhhiijjkkXddkkaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,25,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101010101 0101010101 1111010101 11001110001 1101010101 1011001101 1101010101 1101100101 1101011101 1101011101 1101011011 1101010101 11110100101 1101010101 1101110101 1100010011 1111110101 1101110101 1101010101 1101010101 10110001111 0111010111 111110010010 11010101010 10111110011 1111000111 1111110100 0101010101 1100010101 0101100101 11110010111 1101010001 0101010101 1011101101 0101100101 1001111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 553
  • Average number of words per stanza: 93
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; each, of, you, her, from are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.

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