This is an analysis of the poem On Death that begins with:
Then Almitra spoke, saying, 'We would ask now of Death.'
And he said: ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXbXbcadXXddcadXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100110111101 111 11101001 1111100111000101 0111111110011001010001 011010101001101111001001 11111110101010111 00101110101110100001 111100101111001 1011000100100100 110101010000101110101110001011010 0010110010100111101001 101111000100 110001101100011010001 1100110101010010110111011111010 10111001001011011 1111101011110101 11011111111101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1348
- Average number of words per stanza: 262
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 74 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 15
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, you, and, your, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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