This is an analysis of the poem God's Acre that begins with:
’NEATH the spiring of spruces
Above the blue sea, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXabaaXbccacXcXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010010 01011 1010110 01001 1010010 011110 111010 11101 111101 011011 011010 11101 111110 11001 111010 11111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 478
- Average number of words per stanza: 75
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word so is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines roses is repeated).
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