This is an analysis of the poem The Gardener Lxxxi: Why Do You Whisper So Faintly that begins with:

Why do you whisper so faintly in
my ears, O Death, my Death?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXcdcaebfXbgehgbcdXhhfgb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101100 111111 1010100 101101101 111001011 1111111 101 00111111 10010001010 11101111 010111010 1110 01111001 11011 011010110 011101010 11001111 1111 101111 1100101 11001010 111111 1110001011 10110100100 11111111 101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 852
  • Average number of words per stanza: 160
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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