This is an analysis of the poem When, Like A Running Grave that begins with:
When, like a running grave, time tracks you down,
Your calm and cuddled is a scythe of hairs,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbbc XXddX eaccf gXbXg bacab XhXhX chhhc ceeec faaaf fiiif
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101011111 1111000101 1001010101 1101010001 1001 1101010101 0101110011 0111011001 1001010101 0011 0101110111 1010010101 1111010101 1101110001 0111 1111010011 11010100101 1111010101 1101000101 0011 1110010011 1101010101 0101100101 1011010101 1111 1001010111 11110101010 01110101010 11010100010 1011 10110101110 01010101010 11010101010 11011111010 11010 1101001101 1001011001 0101010101 1101010101 1011 1011010101 1001010101 1001010001 1101000101 0101 11110010001 0101100111 1001011101 1010010111 0101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 50
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase heart connects the lines.
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