This is an analysis of the poem Death Of A Favorite Chamber Maid that begins with:

O death, thy power I own,
Whose mission was to rush, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababaa cdcdee fafagg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1111011 110101 11011101 100101 010010101 01000101 100101 110101 01111101 110001 11010101 11000101 110111 111101 01111101 010101 11100111 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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