This is an analysis of the poem In Memory Of Douglas Vernon Cow that begins with:

THIS POEM, DEDICATED TO HIS MOTHER.
To twilight heads comes Death as comes a friend....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X ababcc debfedfcfecca Xgggag gXbhibhjbiakaeaeaekckX cicieeXdldXd bldacac aijeXefhfh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,13,6,22,12,7,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01010000010 0111111101 1001010001 1111111011 010011 11001011101 011101101001 1111101100 101101 1101110001 111101 010111 100100 001101 1011110001 011111 1111111101 10101110101 1011111111 11001110111 101111110 10010010001 1101011101 11110011101 0101010111 0001000 01110110101 1101110 1101011101 101011010101 11111101111 111010111111 11100111111 1001100100 11101111011 1111101 11111110001 111111101101 1010110100101 1011111111 1110110110101 1011110101 1101110101 1101110101 1001011100 1100011111 1111011100 1111000010 01111111001 1001011001 11001111101 0011001101 110110101 110010101001 11111111101 10010100001 1101000101101 011100 1101010101 110101001101 011111110001 100101 1011100100 1101111101 1011100100111 00110110101 100101101101 1110100111 01001110101 0101010100 001010111000 10110101000 1111110111 001100101001 1101111101 1000010001 1111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 418
  • Average number of words per stanza: 76
  • Amount of lines: 77
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; to, and, for, still, of, in, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, 'who are repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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