This is an analysis of the poem Come To Me When I'M Dying that begins with:

A SONG.
Come to me when I'm dying;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a ababacac ddddadad efefagag dfdfaeae XhXhXggg hihicgcg dXdjakak XkXkajaj ljljadad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01 1011010 111101 10011010 110101 1111110 110111 1111010 111111 11110101 110101 1101011 111101 11110100 010101 11110100 1101001 1111110 011101 1111110 111101 1101010 1011001 1011010 1101011 1101011 111111 1101111 110111 0111010 100101 11010110 011101 1111010 011101 1001010 110111 1111100 110101 01010010 111101 1100010 110101 1101010 1101001 0111110 101101 0111010 011101 1111111 1111010 1011011 110101 1111010 110111 1101010 0101011 0111100 110101 0111010 101101 1011010 010101 1101110 111101 1101010 010101 1101010 111001 1101010 111101 1101010 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 202
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 73
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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, of are repeated.

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