This is an analysis of the poem Apparent Death that begins with:

WEEP, maiden, weep here o'er the tomb of Love;
He died of nothing--by mere chance was slain....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a baXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11011100101 1101011111 101101111101 010011111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 64
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 4
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Apparent Death;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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