This is an analysis of the poem Weep Not For Him That Dieth that begins with:

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WEEP not for him that dieth-- ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XbXbXcXcX XdXdXcXcX XaXXXeXeX XfXfXcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,9,9,9,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 111111 1111011 1011011 0011101 1111110 1011101 1100100 1110111 1 111111 111101 11001110 1110101 1111110 110111 10101110 0011001 1 111111 10100101 1010101 0010100 1111110 0100101 00100110 101101 1 111111 111101 1010010 1111110 1111110 1111101 1101110 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; for is repeated.

    The author used the same word weep at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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