This is an analysis of the poem William And Emily that begins with:

There is something about Death
Like love itself!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XAXXabbXcXcA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010011 1101 00110111110 1010101 11010001 01010100010 11101010 1000101000 10001101 10000101 100100100011 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 386
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of William And Emily;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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