This is an analysis of the poem All Alone that begins with:
I.
Ah! wherefore by the Church-yard side,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a babacc X adadcc X ececcc X cdcdcc a ebebcc a fgfgcc X aaaacc X dadacc X bbbbcc X gbgXcc a hihicc X ibibXc X aaaacc X babacc X eaeacc X ddddcc X bibicc X aiaicX X gagacX X cicicc X gbXbcc X dadacc X acaccc X aiXicc X cjcjcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 110010111 11011111 11011101 01111111 110011111 11111101 1 11110111 01010111 11111101 11110101 11010111 11110101 1 11111101 01011111 11011111 11011101 01011101 11111101 1 11010111 11011101 11111101 11110101 11111101 11111101 1 11011101 01111101 01010111 01101101 11010111 11110101 1 01111111 01011101 1101101 11111101 11110111 01011101 1 11111101 01110101 11111101 11010110 11111111 01111101 1 11111101 01011101 01011101 11010101 110011111 01000101 1 101001101 101010101 101000101 101010101 101010111 101110101 1 1010101010 101010101 1010101010 100010101 101010101 101010111 1 11010101 11111101 11110111 1010111001 101010111 101110101 1 101111111 11010101 101011101 101011101 101110101 101110101 1 1010100101 101011101 101110101 101111111 101110101 101010101 1 101011111 101011101 101010101 101110101 101111101 101010111 1 101010111 101010101 101011101 11110101 101110111 101110101 1 11011111 101111101 101010101 101011101 101010101 101111101 1 101011111 11011101 11110101 101110111 101011101 101011101 1 101010111 11100101 11111101 1011101001 1011110111 10111011000 1 11110101 101110101 101011101 100011101 101011101 10101011000 1 11111111 11011101 11010101 110010101 11111101 01011001 1 110101010 01010111 11110101 01110101 11011101 11110101 1 11010101 11010101 11111101 11010101 110100111 11010101 1 101111110 101010101 101010101 101011101 101111101 101010111 1 101011111 101110101 101111100 101111111 101111101 101011101 1 101010001 11010111 101110101 101110101 101010101 10101111000
- Amount of stanzas: 50
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 199
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, thy, i, cannot, me, no are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, thy, the, i, they, my, no, she are repeated.
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