This is an analysis of the poem Unto One Who Lies At Rest that begins with:

Unto one who lies at rest
'Neath the sunset, in the West, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaA bcbcdedecfcfdgdgdfdfdgdgXaaA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,28,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111 1011001 1010101 1001101 1110101 0010100 10100101 0111101 1010101 1010001 1110101 1110111 1110111 1101111 1010001 111001 110101 10101001 1010100 1000101 1011101 10010111 1010101 100110111 1000111 1010111 1010101 1110001 0011101 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 308
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her is repeated.

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