This is an analysis of the poem E.P. Ode Pour L'Election De Son Sepulchre that begins with:

For three years, out of key with his time,
He strove to resuscitate the dead art...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb cbcb Xded bfdf XXga Xhghg ffXf iaia XXgXX XjXj kegf lXXg gcic fXmg ncnc Xgkg aigicii XXjkeglmf dof d dfff eoapc poXfg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,7,9,3,1,4,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101001 1100101011 010000111000 00111001 1101101101 0011010101 11010110100010 100110101 101111101 1001001 1001111 011111111 010100110 1111001 0101000101 1010101110 10101110100 110110001100 0110110 1110010101 1 01010110 000101010 1010101 111011101 1100001100 00101 101000 10100101 01010001001010 101101 011001101001010 101000001 1 011111100 01010001 010010000 10100 110100 101010 1111000 10011100 111010 110001 101010 10111 1001010 0110100 11010 0100101 110101 10110 1101110 1111010 1101110 101000 11011110 01101 11010 1101101010 111110 11101101 1 110101 11010 1100101 1101 11010 101010 101010 111010001010 1010 101101010 11110 11000110100 11101 01011111010 111001 101001 101111100 10011111 11001010 10110011011001 11111 111110 10111001 1011001 100011010011 1001010 1010110 1 110100 1001010 11111001 10110010 1101001 1111011 11101011 10110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 99
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; some, of, home, to, and, as, never are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines before is repeated).

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