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

As in the gardens, all through May, the rose,
Lovely, and young, and fair apparelled, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbaabbX aaXcca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1001011101 1011111000 1111000101 1101010101 1011010101 0111001101 1111011101 01010101110 1000110011 11110010001 01111011100 1111111101 11110101001 11110110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 319
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; and, her are repeated.

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