This is an analysis of the poem Lines For A Grave-Stone that begins with:
Man alive, that mournst thy lot,
Desiring what thou hast not got,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaa bbb XXa aaa ccc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 1011111 010011111 1010111 10010000 01011101 11011101 10100110 11010100 10011011 11110101 11110101 01110001 1111101 10010101 11111001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 94
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 15
- 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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