This is an analysis of the poem At Michael Sars's Grave that begins with:

Ever he would roam
Toward th' eternal home;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ccddee ffXXee ggcchh iieegg ccddXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111 0110101 00111010 01101010 10111 10111 11101 10101 10111010 10101110 10101 101011 10111 10011 101001110 10101010 10101 10101 10111 10101 101001010 101001110 11101 10111 00101 10111 10101010 010001110 11101 11111 11101 11111 01111110 00111110 00111 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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