This is an analysis of the poem Death, That Struck When I Was Most Confiding that begins with:
Death! that struck when I was most confiding
In my certain faith of joy to be -... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abac cdcd efef XaXX abab ghgh ijijXibic
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111010 011010100 1011101010 001100100 1011101010 101110101 1010101010 1010100111 1011101010 111010001 1010101010 111010101 1011101010 101011101 1111111010 10011001101 1010110110 0101010101 1111101010 101011101 101111110 111010001 11011110010 0110100111 1010111110 101011101 1010111110 111110101 1011101110 111010100 11101001010 101010100
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, it, that are repeated.
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