This is an analysis of the poem When I Die that begins with:
When I die
when my coffin...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcde fghiX aeiij ajafbe ajfegb ecbXe BkXfb Blhldl mkljm
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,6,6,5,5,6,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 1110 010101 11101 111001 11101 1011 110 0110 0001001 111 1101010 111110 0110 001010101 1111 001 1111 010010 10010 1010101 11011 0100001 1111 111011 10111 0111 01101 011011 1001000001 101111 1011101 11101 011001 110011 111101 001110 11101 010100001 10110 101101 10111 110001 11011 1111 1111 0010010 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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