This is an analysis of the poem The Burial Of The Poet that begins with:

In the old churchyard of his native town,
And in the ancestral tomb beside the wall,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbaaXcaXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0011100101 10001010101 1110011101 1110011001 01110101011 11001010101 0101110111 0111001101 1101010101 10110101010 0111000101 1101010100 0100001111 01001010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 600
  • Average number of words per stanza: 115
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; in, his, and, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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