This is an analysis of the poem In A Churchyard that begins with:

That flower unseen, that gem of purest ray,
Bright thoughts uncut by men: ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gege hihi jkjk lala bdbd meme neneXfefe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11001110101 111111 1111110101 1011110101 101101011 1000101 1101010101 10101100001 1101000101 011111 1001010001 1100111101 1111100001 110101 1101010101 0101000111 1101011101 1101010 0011111101 11010111010 1101010101 1100101 0101010101 10110100101 1100110101 1100101 0101111001 01110000111 1111011101 110001 11101010101 11000011001 0111111100 010101 1111010101 011101000101 0011010111 110101 1101010101 1101010001 1001000111 01011 01010100101 1011110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; that, of are repeated.

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

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