This is an analysis of the poem A Dead Year that begins with:
I took a year out of my life and story—
A dead year, and said, 'I will hew thee a tomb! ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXBcc XXXdaXd eeffccgghhiijjhhccggkkcX abXBbXadaX lljXhhddfX hhhXeeccccbb iieemXXfggiicchXiiffii ggbbcchhffjjhhjjggllhheeXXXcccffff cclliX gghhiimXhXkk abXBcbbadXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,24,10,10,12,22,34,6,12,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011011110 01111101101 10100101010 100101100101 1010110101 1001011101 10110101000 100110110 100 1001101 10100101010 100100110 1111 1111111 1011101 1110101 0010001 1110011 10111001 1011111 0010111 1000101 1100011 1010101 1000101 10101001 1011101 1111001 1111101 1111101 1010111 1011101 1111101 1011101 0010011 1111101 1111000 11011011110 011111110101 10100101010 100101100101 110110101101 111111 111001101110 010011 1111100101010 1111 1111111 1111101 1010101 10101100 1111101 1110101 1111101 1011101 1111111 0011001 1110111 1111101 1111111 1111101 1111101 0010001 1001111 1110101 1110101 0010101 1110101 0010001 1011111 1010101 1011111 1100001 1110100 101010 1011111 0011011 1010101 1000101 1111111 101011 10101011 1111111 1110101 1010101 1111101 1110001 1110111 1010111 1110111 1011101 1110101 1110101 110111 1010111 1011111 1110111 1010101 0110111 1011111 1010101 10011111 1110111 1010101 1010101 1001101 1011101 1111111 1011101 1010011 1010101 1011101 1010101 1010101 1110101 1010101 1010001 10011110 001101 1010101 1010101 1010101 1111101 1011101 0010011 1110111 1111101 1010101 1111101 1011101 0010110 1110101 1010101 1111111 1011111 1011101 1011101 0011100 001110 1010111 1010101 1000100 1110101 11011011110 01111101011 10100101010 100101100101 1101110101 101 111000 11111101010 10101111 10100101010 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 329
- Average number of words per stanza: 66
- Amount of lines: 158
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; and, in, his, her, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words on, hide, life, and are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase strong connects the lines.
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