This is an analysis of the poem A Better Ressurection that begins with:

I have no wit, no words, no tears;
My heart within me like a stone... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd cecefdfd ghghfdfd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11111111 11011101 01111111 11111101 11111101 11010111 11000101 110101 11010101 11010001 10110111 110000101 11010101 11110111 110101001 110101 11010101 01011101 11010111 11000101 100100101 11100100 01011111 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no, my are repeated.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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