This is an analysis of the poem Such, Such Is Death that begins with:
Such, such is Death: no triumph: no defeat:
Only an empty pail, a slate rubbed clean, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abb aba XXXXacac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1101110101 1011010111 010010010110 1011101101 1101011111 11001110111 1011010101 1011111111 101110111110 1011111101 1111000001 1111010111 0111010111 1101011111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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