This is an analysis of the poem We Do Not Play On Graves that begins with:
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We do not play on Graves—... full text
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- Rhyme scheme: X XXXX XXXX aXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 11111100 0110010 100000010001 110100 11010110 1111010 110111010 1111010 111111 11000000 11010111 010000000
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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