This is an analysis of the poem I Died For Beauty that begins with:
I died for beauty, but was scarce
Adjusted in the tomb,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb ddcd Xeae
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11110111 010001 11111111 010101 11010111 10100101 101110111 11010011 11110101 110101 01011111 110111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 12
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
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