This is an analysis of the poem The Dead Village that begins with:

Here there is death. But even here, they say,
Here where the dull sun shines this afternoon ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cbcdbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101110111 1101110101 1100110011 0101110101 1101010101 0111110101 0111010111 0111010101 1101010101 1111110111 1100010111 011100001 1001010111 1111010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 316
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; here, no, and are repeated.

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

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  • history of its creation;
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