This is an analysis of the poem Bereaved that begins with:
ONE day as I came down by Jarrow,
Engirt by a crowd on a stone,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXa Xbab cdcd Xece fgfg agag Xbab hchc hXhi jeje akak aagag Xlhlh jeje Xaaa jcXc Xaaa Xaca lclc abab Xaca Xcfc fmfm akXk lblb edbdb cgcg djaja gcgc fdfd Xhch lclc lXlm jdjd anan HkXk HgXg AoXo ciXi cccc Xjdjd AoXX jmjm fcfc liXXi chch klala lili fifi cfb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,5,4,5,4,4,5,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111110 10101101 010110110 11111001 111111000 11111111 110111010 11111101 110111110 01101001 111110010 11101111 111111100 1111101 111011010 01001101 110110110 11001111 111010010 010101001 111110010 01111111 110110010 11101011 111111000 11011001 1110101010 11011111 100011110 11001111 111010010 11101001 110111110 110111010 011111010 01101101 111011010 11011111 111011110 11111000 110110110 01001001 110110010 11111011 1100111 10 11111110 111010110 11001001 1110111 10 11001011 111110010 111011011 111111010 11110011 111111110 11011101 111011000 11001001 100111010 11011101 111010110 01011111 110110110 11011011 100110110 11101101 110110110 11111101 110010100 110100001 111010110 101111101 101011110 01011101 111110010 01101111 111010110 11101011 111010110 11001011 111110100 11001011 010110110 11111011 110110010 01001111 111010110 0101001 110111010 01011111 110010110 11011111 110011010 01011101 110110100 11011111 110111010 01001111 111011110 01101101 1111111 10 01001011 111010010 11101011 10011011010 11011111 111110010 11100111 11111101 10 11101011 111010010 11011101 110111110 11101111 010111010 11001011 100111110 110001101 111010110 11011001 110111110 01011010 110110110 01101110 111011010 01101111 010110010 01101101 110110110 01011111 1110010010 11111011 111110110 11101111 110010110 11011001 110111110 01001111 111010010 11101001 110110110 11111011 111110110 11011101 110110110 11111011 010110010 11001010 111010110 11011101 111110110 01001001 110101110 01011001 0100101000 11011001 110010010 01101011 011010110 11111011 1111110 10 11111001 1101101110 11011011 111010110 11011101 111010110 11111011 1101111010 11001111 111010110 110001001 111111010 11011011 111011110 11011011 1001110110 01011001 1111111 10 11001001 110011110 11001011 111011110 11001001 1111111 10 11111101 110010110 10011001 1111010010 010111001 110110010 11001011 1111011010 11111101 111011110 11001011 11111111 10 11001111 111010110 11110001 110111010 11101011 111011010 110111110
- Amount of stanzas: 51
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 212
- 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; with, his, would, and, to, now, so, my, not, her, i, thought, for are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words she, with, i, no, but, the, and are repeated.
The author used the same words 'their, 'she, 'my, 'the, 'did at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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