This is an analysis of the poem English Eclogues Iii - The Funeral that begins with:

The coffin as I past across the lane
Came sudden on my view. It was not here,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdaaefghdXbeefeijXjakijdjXjbXgedkldeXgadhcelXdaheaeXeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 56,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101110101 1101110111 01010011001 0011011111 1001110011 0101111111 1011110111 01110101001 1100010111 00101101101 11010011001 1101011011 11000111001 11110110001 1101110111 1001010101 1101110101 11011101001 1110000101 1111110011 1101111001 1111110101 1101001101 0100011111 10001100001 1111110111 1101110101 0100010100 11010111001 1111001101 1101100100 1101111101 1101110111 1011010111 0111000011 111010100110 0101110111 1101010101 0101110101 0101110111 1011010011 00110011101 1101110111 1111110001 0101010101 11010111000 0011001000 10110100111 11011101011 1101010101 0101110101 11101110101 11111100101 1111010101 1101011011 0100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2402
  • Average number of words per stanza: 459
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • 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; that, her, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word that is repeated.

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