This is an analysis of the poem Graves Of Infants that begins with:

Infant' graves are steps of angels, where
Earth's brightest gems of innocence repose.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbcbb dedeefeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101110101 1101010001 1011011111 1100010011 01111101011 1101110001 1011010101 1101101111 10101110101101 11010101010 10110111001 1101111010110 11110110111 1111011111 1011011111 1011011111 1111011111 1101101101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 433
  • Average number of words per stanza: 79
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their, and, they are repeated.

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