This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet -- Ye Hasten To The Grave! that begins with:

Ye hasten to the grave! What seek ye there,
Ye restless thoughts and busy purposes... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXababccbdcdcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1100011111 1101110100 001011011001 1111110001 1111010101 11010011101 1111110111 1111011111 1101011111 0111111101 1001010011 0100010011 1111111111 1001000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 622
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; ye, thou are repeated.

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

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