This is an analysis of the poem Lines On The Author's Death that begins with:
HE who of Rankine sang, lies stiff and dead,
And a green grassy hillock hides his head;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101111111 1011010101 0101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 3
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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