This is an analysis of the poem In A Graveyard that begins with:

IN the dewy depths of the graveyard
I lie in the tangled grass, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb daXa aXed eada caXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001010011 1100101 11001010 011101 01001010 110101 11110010 1100101 01010110 0011101 01011100 10111001 0101010 00100101 10111110 10110111 1101010 0011101 101111110 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; in, on are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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