This is an analysis of the poem Man Was Made To Mourn: A Dirge that begins with:
WHEN chill November's surly blast
Made fields and forests bare,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbXbdb Xefedfff dgagffhF didiXfXF iagajfbf aXaagffF didihfff akckifjf XgXglfXf fagaffhf gadalfdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 111101 11011101 010101 1101111 110101 01101000 110101 1010101010 010101 101011101 1101001 11010111 111101 01010101 010001 11110111 110111 11011001 010101 11110101 110101 11011101 111101 101101100 110001 110111010 1100101 10010101 010101 11111101 111101 101011101 110101 11010001 010001 11110101 011101 11111111 111101 1011100001 0100110 11110111 111101 11110101 110101 11010101 111101 100110101 100011 11011101 010111 11110101 010101 10010001 110101 1101100001 110111 11010001 011101 11010101 010101 10010101 110111 100011101 110101 11110101 1010011 01111010 010011 11110011 010101 101101111 011101 01010101 010101 0101101 110101 11101101 010111 101011101 010101 10010111 110111 01010111 011101 11010111 1101010
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 98
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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