This is an analysis of the poem The Grave Of A Poetess that begins with:

I stood beside thy lowly grave;
Spring-odours breath'd around, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef dbdX ecec ghgh idid jgjg bebe fkfk ljlj imimXbdbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11011101 0110101 11000101 100101 11011101 001111 10110101 101101 11010101 1100101 11001001 110111 11011111 101101 01110111 0101110 101111001 001101 01110101 001101 10010111 111111 01011111 110101 01011101 011101 110111001 111101 11110101 1011101 101010111 011101 101100111 111111 11111111 101101 01100111 110001 11111111 110111 101101010 110111 0101010010 111111 11110011 011111 0100100101 110111 11111101 110111 11010111 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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