This is an analysis of the poem Before Execution. that begins with:

The sun is set, and all the stars are come,
Stars I shall no more see; the air is still,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcbXdXeXecdadXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0101110111 1111110101 1111010111 0101111111 111101101011 0111111011 1101010011 11011010101 0101000100 110110101111 0101111111 1111111101 11000010111 110101111 1101010101 1100010100 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 702
  • Average number of words per stanza: 136
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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