This is an analysis of the poem To Florence that begins with:

Sister, when at the grassy mound I stand
Which holds in cold embrace thy mortal frame, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbXXXaXab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011010111 1101011101 011001001101 1101011101 0111110100 1101101100 0111111101 0111110101 1110110101 1111111111 0111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 464
  • Average number of words per stanza: 93
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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.

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