This is an analysis of the poem In Memory Of Edward Butler that begins with:

A voice of grave, deep emphasis
Is in the woods to-night;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcXXecefbfb agaghaha icicccXc djdjkfkf lhlhaeae bdbdmnmn afaflolo ckckgcgc cdXdlflf jfjflplp
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011100 000101 110100100 110001 10011101 011101 01000101 11100 010100110 110101 11010001 0101001 11010101 110101 10110101 110101 11010101 011101 11011101 011101 11110001 010101 11010101 110100 11011101 010101 010100101 110101 10110101 011001 01010001 000101 11011101 110101 110010101 010101 11010101 111111 01011101 010101 10110111 101101 11110101 010011 11010101 0110001 01110101 111100 10010101 111101 11101101 111101 01110101 110101 01010101 101111 11000101 110101 11000101 010101 11010101 010101 11011001 011011 11010101 010101 01110101 010101 11110101 110101 01000101 101011 01010111 011111 11110011 011111 11010101 010001 11010111 111101 11010101 010101 11010101 110111 01010111 101111 01011101 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 264
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 88
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, the, for are repeated.

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  • summary of In Memory Of Edward Butler;
  • central theme;
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