This is an analysis of the poem After Death that begins with:
IF we must part, this parting is the best:
How would you bear to lay... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abba ccddaaddbbeffee ccccdgbbcXeccaaggcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,15,19,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 0111010001 111101 1111110101 1111010111 1111001 11110111101 0111011101 11101100111 1111111001 1111101 111110101101 11011111100 1111011101 1111010101 1111111 1101010111 1101011111 1111010101 110011111101 0111 111101 0111 101101001011 110100 1111111110 0111011011 1101110111 1101110111 1011000101 1011011011 1101101111 0111010101 11001101111 1111110111 11001010111 11011010111 1111101111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 374
- Average number of words per stanza: 78
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, i, have, with, to, you, and, bear, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words your, i, those, and, who, you are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me, you are repeated).
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