This is an analysis of the poem Away With Funeral Music that begins with:

AWAY with funeral music - set
The pipe to powerful lips -... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 010100101 0101001 01011111 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 4
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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