This is an analysis of the poem Death Of An Infant that begins with:

Death found strange beauty on that cherub brow,
And dash'd it out. There was a tint of rose... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdcebeXdfafX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1111011101 1101110101 1111110101 1011010111 1101010001 1001111100 0111010111 01010001001 11011001001 0101110101 10010010101 0101011101 1111001101 1111011111 0101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 667
  • Average number of words per stanza: 123
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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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