This is an analysis of the poem Nothing But Death that begins with:

There are cemeteries that are lonely,
graves full of bones that do not make a sound,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabcdcb deddfg gbfdcabhc aijijiae echggXX kdkda cdicib Xe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,9,8,7,5,6,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1110101110 1101111101 01101010 00101010 101011100001 1110100111 11111010010001 11110 11011101 100101 101011111 10101110111 1000111101 011101 10101 01000110101111 0101111110 1101110010010 10101010010001 0100110 1011011110101 1101011010 10101111 1010110010101100 11110010110001 1000 11101101101 1 100101101 10101011101 01111011001011101 101011010101001100 01001111001 01010101 1011101 00101010001001 101010001010 111011011101 1001101110 100101 010010110110 00010011011 10010101 010110101100 00110110011 01101011101 1011100101 11010111100 0101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 262
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; darkness, we, sound, with, death, no, its, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word as is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines green is repeated).

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