This is an analysis of the poem The Parish Register - Part Iii: Burials that begins with:

THERE was, 'tis said, and I believe, a time
When humble Christians died with views sublime;... full text

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 84,2,20,9,2,57,114,29,7,10,29,20,11,21,98,27,77,26,9,24,44,18,16,4,19,8,28,2,16,56,48,9,32,3,24,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
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  • Amount of stanzas: 36
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1211
  • Average number of words per stanza: 222
  • Amount of lines: 1005
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; when, these, what, that, of, and, i, his, in, he, then, how, she, her, for, my, to, we, as, thy, pride, had, its, ', no, your, all, or, be, this, thine, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, those, such, no, if, the, why, who, that, where, a, and, his, ''twas, by, my, or, he are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word to at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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