This is an analysis of the poem When Rising From The Bed Of Death that begins with:

When rising from the bed of death,
O’erwhelmed with guilt and fear, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabA cdbd caXA cded ddedXaaca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000101 1000111 11110101 111101 01110101 110101 11010101 110101 11111101 010001 11010111 111101 11110101 110101 01010001 110101 11010011 110011 11110101 011101 11011101 010001 11110111 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

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