This is an analysis of the poem A German Student’s Funeral Hymn that begins with:

WITH steady march across the daisy meadow,
And by the churchyard wall we go; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedecc efefcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01010101011 11011111 11010101011 11110111 1111011001 1111011001 01011101010 01010111 11010111110 11000101 1111011001 1111011001 11111101110 11010101 100011101110 11111101 1111011111 1101011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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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