This is an analysis of the poem On Hearing Of A Death that begins with:
We lack all knowledge of this parting. Death
does not deal with us. We have no reason...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabc Xdee Xbae eede XXce X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,1,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1111000101 1110111110 0111010111 0101100111 0101001101 1011111110 110100111 11001110101 11111110101 01001001101 10011110001 10110111001 1111011011001 100010011010 101011101100 01011101111 10111010110 010011111101 11110010100010 0101000001 0101101010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; our is repeated.
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