This is an analysis of the poem Elegiac Stanzas On The Death Of Sir Peter Parker, Bart. that begins with:

There is a tear for all that die,
A mourner o'er the humblest grave;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab acac dede fgfg chch gagi ajij XkXk alal X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10011111 0101001001 110101001 11010101 10010101 101010101 01111001 11011100 010111001 110111001 001100101 10100001 10010101 11110101 11010101 01010101 01011101 01010101 111111001 11110111 11010101 11111110 11010101 01001100 11111101 01110101 110010100 11111101 11110111 11011101 11011000 11110111 01101111 11011101 11010110 11110101 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; not, thy, for are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words for, who, where are repeated.

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