This is an analysis of the poem Stanzas On The Death Of Lord Byron that begins with:

He was, and is not! Graecia's trembling shore,
Sighing through all her palmy groves, shall tell... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbbcbcc dedeefeff gfgffhfhh hahaaaXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11101101001 1011010111 11010011010 1001011101 1111010101 101111101 1101100111 1001010101 010001110101 11011101101 1101010101 10111101001 01110101001 1111110111 0101010100 11001110101 11011100111 110101111101 1001010101 11010100101 1101100101 11011101011 1101111101 0111010111 01001010101 0111011101 110101011101 0111011111 0100111111 1101000101 0111110111 1101000101 0101010001 10110101010 110010111001 110101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 418
  • Average number of words per stanza: 73
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of are repeated.

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