This is an analysis of the poem Death Sets A Thing Of Signigicant that begins with:

Death sets a thing significant
The eye had hurried by,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXb XcXc bdad XeXeXaddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010100 011101 0101010 101100 01010100 011101 01110101 010001 0101110 010101 111110101 010101 0111011 110111 1101111 110101 1111111 110101 0101010 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Death Sets A Thing Of Signigicant;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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