This is an analysis of the poem Burial that begins with:

And when the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her, and said unto
her, Weep not. And He came and touched the bier; and they that... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabX cdccd ecddc fgccg hhffh agccg gfbbf iaaaa hXjjX ahaah dgkkg cfeef cijji calla
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11011011010101110 0111111101111 11111111111101 0111111 11010101 101101 01110101 11010101 010010101 11110101 110111 011100111 111100111 110100101 11110101 010101 01010101 11111111 11011101 11010111 010101 01010111 110011101 11011101 11111101 110111 010100101 10110001 11111001 10010101 111101 010101001 01010111 11011111 101110101 101101 11010111 01011111 11000101 11010111 0100110 101010101 11010101 1101111100 01111111 011111 100011101 11011101 11111111 11011101 010101 110111011 11110101 11010101 11010111 111111 11111111 11010101 11010111 11110101 111001 11111101 1000100111 101011101 11001101 011111 01100111 11111101 10011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 69
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, the are repeated.

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

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

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