This is an analysis of the poem And You As Well Must Die, Belovèd Dust that begins with:

And you as well must die, belovèd dust,
And all your beauty stand you in no stead; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdXccd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 111111101 1111011011 0101010011 01001110101 0111000101 1011010111 1011110101 1001010101 11110110110 0101111001 0111110101 100010001010 01001110010 1110011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 591
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; and, this are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, this are repeated.

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