This is an analysis of the poem His Ladys Death that begins with:

Twain that were foes, while Mary lived, are fled;
One laurel-crowned abides in heaven, and one ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaXXXa ccXddX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101110111 11010101011 0101110101 0101010101 010100110 0101111100 0011011111 11001010111 1101110101 0110110101 110011010 11111111010 01011101010 1111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 312
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • 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; that is repeated.

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

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