This is an analysis of the poem God’s Acre that begins with:
In Memory Of. In Fondest Recollection Of.
In Loving Memory Of. In Fond ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdebXcXff egXhbdbbhXfeXa XdigdbgjfkXef jjfbfkgbe fbjfffgjbXja ick Xffffdj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,14,13,9,12,3,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0100001010100 010100001 01010010111 1111010011 01011001010 01110001010 1001110101 1101010101 101110111 1001011101 10011 110110 0101111101 010101001011 0101010010100 101101000010 110010010101 11010101010 01010101110 11110101010 1100111111 1111001111 10110100010 0111010101 110011 1101 01001110101 11010101010 1110110111 1100011111 1001110101 1101010111 11010111010 1101101111 11101110101 11010111010 11111101010 1111 0101010 11010111110 0101011111 10100010011 1100000101 010100111001 1101010111 01010111111 11001010 101 1111100101 100101011100 10100111110 1100001101 1001111100 1001110101 011010010100 1101010011 1101001111 11011101110 111101 11010 01010111011 1001 110011 1011010111 1001110111 1011110101 10010100101 1001010111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 418
- Average number of words per stanza: 72
- Amount of lines: 74
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- 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; in, of, died, burden, and, on, her, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, the, you are repeated.
The author used the same word she at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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