This is an analysis of the poem Suspense—is Hostiler Than Death that begins with:
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Suspense—is Hostiler than Death—... full text
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- Rhyme scheme: X XaXa XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 01010011 11001 01111001 011101 11000101 110101 01010101 010100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 72
- Average number of words per stanza: 11
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; death is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word but is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase death connects the lines.
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