This is an analysis of the poem On The Death Of A Believer that begins with:

In vain my fancy strives to paint
The moment after death... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eaea fafa gfgf ehXh hihiXcaca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 010101 01010101 110101 11011101 111111 01010101 010101 11110101 010001 11110101 111101 11100111 110101 11011111 101101 11011101 011111 11110000 111111 11110111 1111001 11110110 110111 11111101 110111 111100101 111101 11101001 110101 11010011 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; and is repeated.

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

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  • summary of On The Death Of A Believer;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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