This is an analysis of the poem My Lady Has The Grace Of Death that begins with:

My lady has the grace of Death
Whose charity is quick to save,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gbgb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010101 11000101 01011101 1101 11110101 111001001 11011101 1101 111111010 10111111 111001010 1101 110111110 111110101 1111001110 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; me, and are repeated.

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

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