This is an analysis of the poem Threnody For A Poet that begins with:

Not in the ancient abbey,
Nor in the city ground,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabacc Xbcbaa XXbXdd beXeaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001010 100101 1001010 100101 110110101 101010111 11001010 1001001 10111010 1010111 11111101 1011100111 1111010 1001110 1101010 1101100 1100110111 1101001001 1101010 110111 0100010 0100001 1110100101 1111001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; in, and, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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