This is an analysis of the poem I Heard A Fly Buzz When I Died; that begins with:
I heard a fly buzz when I died;
The stillness round my form... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba cbXX ccdc Xcdc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11011111 010111 11010001 010101 01011101 1101001 11111101 0100010 11111101 110011 1110011 1100001 010101001 010111 11010111 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; and is repeated.
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