This is an analysis of the poem Song that begins with:
When I am dead, my dearest,
Sing no sad songs for me;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbbaca XdXdaaca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111110 111111 11110111 110101 0011011 0101101 1011010 101101 1111011 111101 11110100 111001 1101011 111111 1011010 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 264
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and, i, not are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word forget at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Song;
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