This is an analysis of the poem The Indian Burying Ground that begins with:
In spite of all the learn'd have said;
I still my old opinion keep,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eded dfdf gdgd chch caca fifi cacaXgigi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01010111 11110101 01011101 11010101 11010011 010010101 01010001 1110101 010011101 11010101 01010001 01001111 01110101 11000101 11011101 11010101 11011101 11010101 01010111 11111111 1110101 110100111 11011101 01000101 11111010 01110101 11010101 01000101 110101001 11000101 1100100101 01011101 1111101001 01010101 01010101 01010101 111100101 01011101 11011101 01110101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same words his, here at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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