This is an analysis of the poem To D. A. Mackellar that begins with:
My cherished dead, when last your placid brow
I saw through tears and ne'er on earth again, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcXdcdbebeff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 1101111101 1111111101 01001110101 0111000101 0101010001 111111110 1 1101111101 1101010101 0111111101 1111100101 0111100101 1101011101 1101010101 0101110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 608
- Average number of words per stanza: 114
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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