This is an analysis of the poem God's-Acre that begins with:

I like that ancient Saxon phrase, which calls
The burial-ground God's-Acre! It is just;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd bdbd efef ghgh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111010111 01001110001 01000110101 110100100101 110111101 1001100111 0111110011 1101011111 0001011101 0011111101 10110101001 1111010111 1100100101 0011001101 1111010001 01010110111 01110011101 1101010111 0001110011 0001110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, this are repeated.

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