This is an analysis of the poem The Color Of The Grave Is Green that begins with:

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The Color of the Grave is Green—... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 010001010 010100010 111100010 01010100 010100110 110001 011101010 11010000 0100010100 010100010 111100010 01000010 11010100 1000101 01010101 11001010 010001100 010000010 1101110100 11010000 110100000 0101010 1111001000 01000010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to, it are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, not are repeated.

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  • summary of The Color Of The Grave Is Green;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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