This is an analysis of the poem The Queen Of Prussia's Tomb that begins with:

In sweet pride upon that insult keen
She smiled; then drooping mute and broken-hearted,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aba cacabb Xdbdee fgfgdd hhXhgg igigjj ababii dkdkbb lclcbbXaaaaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011011011 11110111010 0011000101010 01110111 010111 111100101 010101 11000101 11010001 110101010 010101 10001101 110101 11011101 01010111 01010111 010101 01010101 1010101 10110101 00110101 11110101 001101 01010010 011101 11111101 11000111 11110101 010111 11010001 110001 110101001 00100101 111101001 010101 01001111 011101 11010101 111000001 110010101 0101010 00111101 11010010 11010101 10010101 11010111 011101 010010101 110101 01010101 010011001 10110101 010001 10111101 110101 11111101 11010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

    The author used the same words there, she at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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