This is an analysis of the poem The Forgotten Grave that begins with:

OUT from the City’s dust and roar,
You wandered through the open door; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbXccX ddeebbXeaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010111 11010101 11011111 01010101 11011101 11010111 11010111 100010101 01111101 11010100 11010101 01010111 01010101 011100101 01110101 11010101 11110101 100101010 11010111 11110001 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 368
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • 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; and is repeated.

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