This is an analysis of the poem Benjamin Painter that begins with:
Together in this grave lie Benjamin Painter, attorney at law,
And Nig, his dog, constant companion, solace and friend. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabbXXXXXXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01000111001001011 1101100101011 10111101110 101111011111101 011101101101 0010011110101110 111011111 00111101 1111011100100 10010011001010 10111010010101 110010101111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 632
- Average number of words per stanza: 118
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of are repeated.
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