This is an analysis of the poem On The Death Of W. C. that begins with:

Thou arrant robber, Death!
Couldst thou not find...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcabc ccdcee bdbd fefffff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 1111 110111 0101 1101 1100 011101 1111 0111110 101 01110101 11110101 11010101 110111 01010101 011101 11110101 01010101 11011101 01110100 111111110 1010101010 110101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; his is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word not is repeated.

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