This is an analysis of the poem To Die—takes Just A Little While that begins with:
To die—takes just a little while—
They say it doesn't hurt—... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba Xaba XcXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110101 110101 01010101 110101 01010101 010101 11010111 111001 0101010 111101 11011101 010100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 12
- 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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