This is an analysis of the poem After My Death that begins with:
After my death mourn me this way:
'There was a man-and see: he is no more;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcDcCC cXdcXccda ccXXccceee XbDXCC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,9,10,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111101 1101111011 0101011 10110111 1100111111 11010110 110 10010101111 010101100 101000100 10011001 11010111 11100111 1110101 11111 1001 1001101 1001011 111111 1010010100 1110111 101110010 111101011110 10010111101 1110101101 101 111001 1101111011 10110111 1111101 11010110 110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his, her, song are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines good, came are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase mute connects the lines.
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