This is an analysis of the poem Siste Viator that begins with:
WHAT is it that is dead?
Somewhere there is a grave, and something lies... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbcac Xbbdcd beefbf ghhege iaacic ejjfef ekkkek aaalal
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 100101 1110011101 1001111111 1111111101 11001011111 1011111010 001101 1001010010 1110111101 11111001101 11000010101 1101110101 101101 0010111001 0010010101 01010101001 1110011101 01010011001 111101 0101110100 0101001101 0101011111 01010101011 11110000101 010001 1100110001 1011001101 0101010111 1011011011 0011010001 110111 11010101001 1011011101 1101010101 1001011101 0111011001 110101 1101100101 11100110101 1111110111 1111111110 1111110110 100101 10010110101 1101011111 0111111101 1111111011 1011100111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; nor, in, it, we are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words nor, it, or are repeated.
The author used the same word what at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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