This is an analysis of the poem Death is like the insect that begins with:
Death is like the insect
Menacing the tree,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab XXXX Xcac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101011 10001 100010 110010 100010 10001 100011 10111 1001100 10101 101110 10100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 92
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it is repeated.
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