This is an analysis of the poem XXXIV. 'Long after both of us are scattered dust' that begins with:
Long after both of us are scattered dust,
And alien souls, perchance, shall read of thee,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbabaaX cdcdbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1101011101 11001011101 1001011101 1101001111 1111110100 1101110101 1111011101 0101001100 1101110101 11010111010 1111010101 101100010010 1101010001 0111011111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 299
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; of, and are repeated.
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