This is an analysis of the poem To D—, Dead By Her Own Hand that begins with:

My dear, I wonder if before the end
You ever thought about a children’s game— ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcXXcdda ebXec
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1111000101 1101010101 1111110101 1101010101 0100000101 1101010101 1101010100 1111110101 1101110111 11011011111 1101011111 1111010111 1101010101 1111011111 1101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 315
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; you is repeated.

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  • summary of To D—, Dead By Her Own Hand;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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