Poem Analysis of On The Causey by Jules Romains for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem On The Causey that begins with:

A GROUP dies on the causey; I am pleased
As any little lad that pelts with earth....

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Rhyme scheme: aXXbcXXdXedeafXbbfXec X
Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,1,
Closest metre: iambic pentameter
Сlosest rhyme: couplets
Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
Guessed form: heroic couplets
Metre: 0111010111 1101011101 1111010101 10011011010 01010101110 11110101010 01000010011 1111011100 11111011010 0101010111 10011100111 1101011111 10001000101 01011111010 11010101011 0101000101 0101010101 0101100101 1111110001 111 11111101 01011010
Amount of stanzas: 2
Average number of symbols per stanza: 451
Average number of words per stanza: 83
Amount of lines: 23
Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; i, and are repeated.

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On The Causey by Jules Romains: poem analysis

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