This is an analysis of the poem The Death Of The First Born that begins with:

COVER him over with daisies white,
And eke with the poppies red,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBABcdcdXeXefcfcgfgfaBAB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101100101 1100101 101110101 1011101 110101111 11101101 101110101 100101 101111110 1011001 1001001001 1001001 1101011011 11101011 0100101111 1111101 111100111 1101101 111100111 11011011 101100101 1100101 101110101 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 862
  • Average number of words per stanza: 169
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, he, and are repeated.

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