This is an analysis of the poem Tomb Of The Grammarian Lysias that begins with:

In the Beirut library, just to the right as you go in,
we buried wise Lysias, the grammarian....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabXcbcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 000111010011110 1101100100 01010010 11111100 1101010101 111010100 01001001100 1001111001 1111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 344
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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