This is an analysis of the poem With Tears They Buried You Today that begins with:

With tears they buried you to-day,
But well I knew no turf could hold... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacc deedff gbbgaa chhcff iddihh haXhbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01110101 11111111 11010101 11110001 11110111 0111 11110101 10110101 10110011 11010111 11110101 1101 11011101 10011111 11011111 01111111 01111101 1101 111001001 01110011 110101001 01010001 10010101 0101 11111111 111100101 01000111 01011011 11010001 1011 11111101 11110101 01111100 01111101 01111011 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of With Tears They Buried You Today;
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  • history of its creation;
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