This is an analysis of the poem Consolations In Bereavement that begins with:

Death was full urgent with thee, Sister dear,
And startling in his speed;— ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcb Xdedfff gagabXb ahahede aeaeici dfdXjjXcbcbee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111001101 110001 1111011111 110101 0101 0111010111 01 1101110100 110001 1101010111 111101 1100 10011011101 01 1101001011 111101 1101111101 100101 1101 1111111111 01 11010010111 010101 1101110111 010101 1111 0111111111 01 1111011101 11001001 1100100111 01001 1011 010100111111 1 1111111101 110101 01000110111 0111000 1011 101111011101 1011110111 101101 0111001100 111101 1101 100101110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 221
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • 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 is repeated.

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

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