This is an analysis of the poem Euthanasia that begins with:

When Time, or soon or late, shall bring
The dreamless sleep that lulls the dead,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ecec fgfg hihi jeje fkfk XdgdXkiki
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 11111111 01011101 010011101 110101101 11011101 01110101 110010001 01111001 11011101 01100101 111111001 11010001 110101110 11010101 110101010 00111111 11110001 11010101 01000101 11011111 11010101 01110101 11010110 01011001 110011010 01010101 110111010 11010101 11011101 11111111 00010111 11011101 1100111011 110110101 11110110 11010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; or, to, and are repeated.

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

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